Depart from me, ye evil-doers; That I may keep the commandments of my God.
Proverbs 9:6 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Leave off, ye simple ones, and live; And walk in the way of understanding. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Forsake the foolish, and live; And go in the way of understanding. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Leave off, simple ones [forsake the foolish and simpleminded] and live! And walk in the way of insight and understanding. American Standard Version (1901) Leave off, ye simple ones, and live; And walk in the way of understanding. Common English Bible Abandon your simplistic ways and live; walk in the way of understanding.” Catholic Public Domain Version Leave behind childishness. And live and walk by the ways of prudence." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Forsake childishness, and live, and walk by the ways of prudence. |
Depart from me, ye evil-doers; That I may keep the commandments of my God.
Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; Forget also thine own people, and thy father's house;
He is in the way of life that heedeth correction: But he that forsaketh reproof erreth.
Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise: But the companion of fools shall smart for it.
I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in paths of uprightness.
For by me thy days shall be multiplied, And the years of thy life shall be increased.
that they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
And my servant David shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgements, and observe my statutes, and do them.
Strive to enter in by the narrow door: for many, I say unto you, shall seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
And with many other words he testified, and exhorted them, saying, Save yourselves from this crooked generation.
Wherefore Come ye out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, And touch no unclean thing; And I will receive you,
And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come forth, my people, out of her, that ye have no fellowship with her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues: