Proverbs 4:14

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Do not enter the path of the wicked or walk in the way of those who are evil.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 1:15 : 15 My child, do not go down their way, withhold yourself from their path;
  • Ps 1:1 : 1 ¶ Book 1(Psalms 1-41) How blessed is the one who does not follow the advice of the wicked, or stand in the pathway with sinners, or sit in the assembly of scoffers!
  • Prov 1:10 : 10 Admonition to Avoid Easy but Unjust Riches My child, if sinners try to entice you, do not consent!
  • 1 Cor 15:33 : 33 Do not be deceived:“Bad company corrupts good morals.”
  • Ps 26:4-5 : 4 I do not associate with deceitful men, or consort with those who are dishonest. 5 I hate the mob of evil men, and do not associate with the wicked.
  • Prov 2:11-12 : 11 Discretion will protect you, understanding will guard you, 12 to deliver you from the way of the wicked, from those speaking perversity,
  • Prov 9:6 : 6 Abandon your foolish ways so that you may live, and proceed in the way of understanding.”
  • Prov 13:20 : 20 The one who associates with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 4:15
    89%

    15Avoid it, do not go on it; turn away from it, and go on.

  • Prov 1:15-16
    2 verses
    83%

    15My child, do not go down their way, withhold yourself from their path;

    16for they are eager to inflict harm, and they hasten to shed blood.

  • Prov 4:26-27
    2 verses
    82%

    26Make the path for your feet level, so that all your ways may be established.

    27Do not turn to the right or to the left; turn yourself away from evil.

  • Prov 2:19-20
    2 verses
    80%

    19None who go in to her will return, nor will they reach the paths of life.

    20So you will walk in the way of good people, and will keep on the paths of the righteous.

  • Prov 7:25
    78%

    25Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways– do not wander into her pathways;

  • Prov 16:17
    77%

    17The highway of the upright is to turn away from evil; the one who guards his way safeguards his life.

  • Prov 1:10
    77%

    10Admonition to Avoid Easy but Unjust Riches My child, if sinners try to entice you, do not consent!

  • Prov 4:11-13
    3 verses
    77%

    11I hereby guide you in the way of wisdom and I lead you in upright paths.

    12When you walk, your steps will not be hampered, and when you run, you will not stumble.

    13Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; protect it, because it is your life.

  • Prov 24:1
    77%

    1Do not envy evil people, do not desire to be with them;

  • Prov 2:12-13
    2 verses
    76%

    12to deliver you from the way of the wicked, from those speaking perversity,

    13who leave the upright paths to walk on the dark ways,

  • Prov 4:19
    76%

    19The way of the wicked is like gloomy darkness; they do not know what they stumble over.

  • Ps 34:13-14
    2 verses
    76%

    13Then make sure you don’t speak evil words or use deceptive speech!

    14Turn away from evil and do what is right! Strive for peace and promote it!

  • Prov 5:8
    76%

    8Keep yourself far from her, and do not go near the door of her house,

  • Job 34:8
    75%

    8He goes about in company with evildoers, he goes along with wicked men.

  • Ps 141:4
    75%

    4Do not let me have evil desires, or participate in sinful activities with men who behave wickedly. I will not eat their delicacies.

  • Prov 24:19
    75%

    19Do not fret because of evil people or be envious of wicked people,

  • Prov 22:24-25
    2 verses
    74%

    24Do not make friends with an angry person, and do not associate with a wrathful person,

    25lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.

  • Prov 24:15
    74%

    15Do not lie in wait like the wicked against the place where the righteous live; do not assault his home.

  • Job 22:15
    74%

    15Will you keep to the old path that evil men have walked–

  • Prov 22:5
    74%

    5Thorns and snares are in the path of the perverse, but the one who guards himself keeps far from them.

  • Prov 3:7
    74%

    7Do not be wise in your own estimation; fear the LORD and turn away from evil.

  • Ps 1:1
    73%

    1¶ Book 1(Psalms 1-41) How blessed is the one who does not follow the advice of the wicked, or stand in the pathway with sinners, or sit in the assembly of scoffers!

  • Ps 28:3
    73%

    3Do not drag me away with evil men, with those who behave wickedly, who talk so friendly to their neighbors, while they plan to harm them!

  • Prov 3:31
    73%

    31Do not envy a violent man, and do not choose any of his ways;

  • Prov 5:6
    73%

    6Lest she should make level the path leading to life, her paths have wandered, but she is not able to discern it.

  • Prov 9:6
    73%

    6Abandon your foolish ways so that you may live, and proceed in the way of understanding.”

  • Prov 16:29
    73%

    29A violent person entices his neighbor, and then leads him down a path that is terrible.

  • Ps 101:4
    72%

    4I will have nothing to do with a perverse person; I will not permit evil.

  • Prov 10:17
    72%

    17The one who heeds instruction is on the way to life, but the one who rejects rebuke goes astray.

  • Prov 2:15
    72%

    15whose paths are morally crooked, and who are devious in their ways;

  • Prov 14:19
    72%

    19Bad people have bowed before good people, and wicked people have bowed at the gates of someone righteous.

  • Ps 37:27
    72%

    27Turn away from evil! Do what is right! Then you will enjoy lasting security.

  • Prov 14:7
    72%

    7Walk abreast with a foolish person, and you do not understand wise counsel.

  • Prov 6:24
    72%

    24by keeping you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the loose woman.

  • Prov 17:13
    72%

    13As for the one who repays evil for good, evil will not leave his house.

  • Exod 23:2
    72%

    2“You must not follow a crowd in doing evil things; in a lawsuit you must not offer testimony that agrees with a crowd so as to pervert justice,

  • Ps 55:11
    72%

    11Disaster is within it; violence and deceit do not depart from its public square.

  • Prov 13:20
    71%

    20The one who associates with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.

  • Ps 140:4
    71%

    4O LORD, shelter me from the power of the wicked! Protect me from violent men, who plan to knock me over.

  • Prov 12:28
    71%

    28In the path of righteousness there is life, but another path leads to death.

  • Prov 13:15
    71%

    15Keen insight wins favor, but the conduct of the treacherous ends in destruction.

  • Prov 14:16
    71%

    16A wise person is cautious and turns from evil, but a fool throws off restraint and is overconfident.