Proverbs 1:15
What does Proverbs 1:15 mean?
A plain-English look at Proverbs 1:15 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000My son, walk not thou in the way with them; Refrain thy foot from their path:
KJV
King James Version · 1611My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901My son, walk not thou in the way with them; Refrain thy foot from their path:
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949My son, do not go with them; keep your feet from their ways:
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862My son! go not in the way with them, Withhold thy foot from their path,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752My son, walk not thou with them, restrain thy foot from their paths.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890— my son, walk not in the way with them, keep back thy foot from their path;
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 5:8
Remove thy way far from her, And come not nigh the door of her house;
- Psalms 119:101
I have refrained my feet from every evil way, That I might observe thy word.
- Proverbs 13:20
Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise; But the companion of fools shall smart for it.
- Psalms 26:4
I have not sat with men of falsehood; Neither will I go in with dissemblers.
- Proverbs 4:27
Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: Remove thy foot from evil.
- Psalms 1:1
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers:
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