Proverbs 1:15

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּנִ֗י אַל־תֵּלֵ֣ךְ בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ אִתָּ֑ם מְנַ֥ע רַ֝גְלְךָ֗ מִנְּתִיבָתָֽם׃

Transliteration

bni 'al-telek bederek 'ittam mena' ragleka minnetivotam

Grammar Details

*bni*: masculine singular noun + 1st person singular suffix - my son
*'al*: negative particle - do not
*telek*: qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular jussive - walk
*bederek*: preposition + masculine singular noun - in the way
*'ittam*: preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - with them
*mena'*: qal imperative, masculine singular - keep back
*ragleka*: feminine singular noun + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your foot
*minnetivotam*: preposition + feminine plural noun + 3rd masculine plural suffix - from their paths

Word Meanings

*telek*: walk/go/travel
*derek*: way/road/path/journey
*mena'*: keep back/withhold/restrain
*regel*: foot/leg
*netivotam*: their paths/their tracks/their courses

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Reference numbers can disrupt continuous reading
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Referenced Verses

Ps 119:101 : 101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.
Ps 1:1 : 1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
Ps 26:4-5 : 4 I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers. 5 I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.
2 Cor 6:17 : 17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
Prov 4:14-15 : 14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. 15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
Prov 4:27 : 27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
Prov 5:8 : 8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
Prov 9:6 : 6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
Prov 13:20 : 20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
Jer 14:10 : 10 Thus saith the LORD unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore the LORD doth not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.

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