Proverbs 4:27

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Let there be no turning to the right or to the left, keep your feet from evil.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 5:32 : 32 Take care, then, to do whatever the Lord your God has given you orders to do; let there be no turning away to the right hand or to the left.
  • Deut 28:14 : 14 Not turning away from any of the orders which I give you today, to the right hand or to the left, or going after any other gods to give them worship.
  • Josh 1:7 : 7 Only take heart and be very strong; take care to do all the law which Moses my servant gave you, not turning from it to the right hand or to the left, so that you may do well in all your undertakings.
  • Prov 16:17 : 17 The highway of the upright is to be turned away from evil: he who takes care of his way will keep his soul.
  • Isa 1:16 : 16 Be washed, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; let there be an end of sinning;
  • Deut 12:32 : 32 You are to keep with care all the words I give you, making no addition to them and taking nothing from them.
  • Rom 12:9 : 9 Let love be without deceit. Be haters of what is evil; keep your minds fixed on what is good.

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  • Prov 1:15-16
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    15My son, do not go with them; keep your feet from their ways:

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  • Prov 2:20
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  • Isa 30:21
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    21And at your back, when you are turning to the right hand or to the left, a voice will be sounding in your ears, saying, This is the way in which you are to go.

  • Prov 3:6-7
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    6In all your ways give ear to him, and he will make straight your footsteps.

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  • Ps 34:13-14
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    13Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from words of deceit.

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    27Be turned from evil, and do good; and your place will be for ever.

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    16Be pointed to the right, to the left, wherever your edge is ordered.

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    101I have kept back my feet from all evil ways, so that I might be true to your word.

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    13And make straight roads for your feet, so that the feeble may not be turned out of the way, but may be made strong.

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    25Let not your heart be turned to her ways, do not go wandering in her footsteps.

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    2Do not be moved to do wrong by the general opinion, or give the support of your words to a wrong decision:

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