Proverbs 4:27

American Standard Version (1901)

Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: Remove thy foot from evil.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 5:32 : 32 Ye shall observe to do therefore as Jehovah your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
  • Deut 28:14 : 14 and shalt not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
  • Josh 1:7 : 7 Only be strong and very courageous, to observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest have good success whithersoever thou goest.
  • Prov 16:17 : 17 The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: He that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
  • Isa 1:16 : 16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
  • Deut 12:32 : 32 What thing soever I command you, that shall ye observe to do: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
  • Rom 12:9 : 9 Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

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    24Put away from thee a wayward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee.

    25Let thine eyes look right on, And let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

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  • Prov 4:12-15
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    12When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; And if thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

    13Take fast hold of instruction; Let her not go: Keep her; For she is thy life.

    14Enter not into the path of the wicked, And walk not in the way of evil men.

    15Avoid it, pass not by it; Turn from it, and pass on.

  • Prov 1:15-16
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    15My son, walk not thou in the way with them; Refrain thy foot from their path:

    16For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood.

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    17The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: He that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.

  • Prov 2:20
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    20That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, And keep the paths of the righteous.

  • Isa 30:21
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    21and thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it; when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.

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    13Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking guile.

    14Depart from evil, and do good; Seek peace, and pursue it.

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    27Depart from evil, and do good; And dwell for evermore.

  • Deut 5:32
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    32Ye shall observe to do therefore as Jehovah your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.

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    16Gather thee together, go to the right, set thyself in array, go to the left, whithersoever thy face is set.

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    101I have refrained my feet from every evil way, That I might observe thy word.

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    13and make straight paths for your feet, that that which is lame be not turned out of the way, but rather be healed.

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    73%

    12To deliver thee from the way of evil, From the men that speak perverse things;

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    21and turn ye not aside; for [then would ye go] after vain things which cannot profit nor deliver, for they are vain.

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    25Let not thy heart decline to her ways; Go not astray in her paths.

  • Exod 23:2
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    2Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to turn aside after a multitude to wrest [justice] :

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    27neither give place to the devil.

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    4A perverse heart shall depart from me: I will know no evil thing.