Proverbs 4:15

Easy To Read Version

Stay away from evil. Don’t go near it. Walk straight past it.

Cross References

Ephesians 5:11

Don’t do the things that people in darkness do. Doing those things brings nothing good. But \{do the good things to\} show that those things in darkness are wrong.

1 Thessalonians 5:22

And stay away from everything that is evil.

Job 22:23

Job, come back to God All-Powerful,\par and you will be restored.\par But, you must remove the evil\par from your house.\par

Job 11:14

You should put away the sin\par that is in your home.\par Don’t let evil live in your tent.\par

Exodus 23:7

“Be very careful if you say that a person is guilty of something. Don’t make false charges against a person. Never allow an innocent person to be killed as punishment for something he did not do. Any person who kills an innocent man is evil, and I will not pardon (forgive) that person.

Isaiah 33:15

Good, honest people that refuse to hurt others for money—\{they will live through that fire\}. Those people refuse to take bribes. They refuse to listen to plans to murder other people. They refuse to look at plans for doing bad things.

Proverbs 6:5

Escape from that trap like a deer running from a hunter. Free yourself like a bird flying out of a trap.

Proverbs 5:8

Stay away from the woman who does the sin of adultery. {\cf2\super [5]} Don’t even go near the door of her house.

Proverbs 4:14

Don’t follow the path evil people walk on. \{Don’t live like that.\} Don’t try to be like them.

Proverbs 4:16

Bad people can’t sleep until they do something wrong. Those people can’t sleep until they hurt some other person.

Proverbs 1:15

My son, don’t follow those people. Don’t even take the first step along that path.

Proverbs 24:1

Don’t be jealous of evil people. Don’t even want to be around them.