Proverbs 4:15
Avoid it; do not travel on it. Turn from it and pass on by.
BSB
ASV
Avoid it, pass not by it; Turn from it, and pass on.
KJV
Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
Avoid it,.... As dangerous and pernicious, as abominable and detestable; or, "flee from it", as the Vulgate Latin version: Jarchi and Gersom interpret it, "make it void"; cause it to cease, destroy it, do all you can to hinder the wicked from accomplishing their designs; pass not by it; do not come near it; keep at a distance from it, that you may not be drawn into it; abstain from all appearance of evil, and everything that may lead to it; turn from it, and pass away; the Targum adds, "from them", from wicked men.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Ephesians 5:11Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
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The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.
But those who persist in sin should be rebuked in front of everyone, so that the others will stand in fear of sin.
Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who leads an undisciplined life that is not in keeping with the tradition you received…
If anyone comes to you but does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your home or even greet him.
Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who create divisions and obstacles that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Turn away from them.
Through
1 Thessalonians 5:22Abstain from every form of evil.
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We put no obstacle in anyone’s way, so that no one can discredit our ministry.
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think on these things.
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