King James Version
Proverbs 1:15 in the King James Version says “My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:”
Proverbs 1:15 · KJV
We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:
My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird . in the: Heb. in the eyes of every thing that hath a wing
KJV Study — Public Domain
“My son”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
“not thou in the way”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc
“thy foot”
H7272a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
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