Proverbs 4:27 KJV — MannaFest

Proverbs 4:27

Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.

KJV

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DBT

Turn not to the right hand nor to the left; remove thy foot from evil.

ASV

Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: Remove thy foot from evil.

WEB

Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your feet away from evil.

YLT

Incline not to the right or to the left, Turn aside thy foot from evil!

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Proverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.

Author: Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
Date: Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.

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17 verses on the floor

Isaiah 30:21
And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
Deuteronomy 5:32
Ye shall observe to do therefore as the Lord your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
Joshua 1:7
Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.
Deuteronomy 28:14
And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
Proverbs 16:17
The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. 8 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her. 9 She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

PRO 4:27JOS 1:7 DEU 5:32
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PRO 4:27DEU 12:32 JOS 1:7
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PRO 4:27JOS 1:7 1CH 22:13
PRO 4:27DEU 12:32 DEU 4:2
PRO 4:27DEU 12:32 REV 22:18-19
PRO 4:27JOS 1:7 JOS 1:8
PRO 4:27JOS 1:7 JOS 11:15
PRO 4:27JOS 1:7 DEU 12:32

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