Proverbs 4:15

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

פְּרָעֵ֥הוּ אַל־תַּעֲבָר־בּ֑וֹ שְׂטֵ֖ה מֵעָלָ֣יו וַעֲבֽוֹר׃

Transliteration

pərāʿēhû ʾal-taʿăbār-bô śəṭê mēʿālāyw waʿăbôr

Grammar Details

*pərāʿēhû*: imperative, masculine singular, qal + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - avoid it
*ʾal-taʿăbār-bô*: negative particle + imperfect (jussive), 2nd person masculine singular, qal + preposition + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - do not pass on it
*śəṭê*: imperative, masculine singular, qal - turn aside
*mēʿālāyw*: preposition + preposition + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - from upon it
*waʿăbôr*: conjunction + imperative, masculine singular, qal - and pass by

Word Meanings

*pərāʿēhû*: avoid it/ignore it/let it go
*taʿăbār*: pass/cross/go through
*śəṭê*: turn aside/deviate/decline
*waʿăbôr*: pass by/cross over/travel on

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Exod 23:7 : 7 Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
Job 11:14 : 14 If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
Job 22:23 : 23 If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
Prov 5:8 : 8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
Prov 6:5 : 5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Isa 33:15 : 15 He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;
Eph 5:11 : 11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
1 Thess 5:22 : 22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.

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