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Proverbs 4:15

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

KJV

Fuge ab ea, nec transeas per illam ; declina, et desere eam.

Vulgate

ἐν ᾧ ἂν τόπῳ στρατοπεδεύσωσιν, μὴ ἐπέλθῃς ἐκεῖ, ἔκκλινον δὲ ἀπ’ αὐτῶν καὶ παράλλαξον.

LXX

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

ASV

פְּרָעֵ֥/הוּ אַל תַּעֲבָר בּ֑/וֹ שְׂטֵ֖ה מֵ/עָלָ֣י/ו וַ/עֲבֽוֹר

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
עֹבֵ֣ר
'br
verb · 561×
פּוֹרֵ֣עַ
pvr'
verb · 16×
שָׂטִ֛ית
shtyt
verb · 6×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Thess 5:22 — Abstain from all appearance of evil.
  • Eph 5:11 — And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
  • Exod 23:7 — Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
  • Isa 33:15 — 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 shuttet
  • Job 11:14 — If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
  • Job 22:23 — If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
  • Prov 5:8 — Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
  • Prov 5:8 — Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house: