King James Version
Proverbs 4:15 in the King James Version says “Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.”
Proverbs 4:15 · KJV
Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.
Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall .
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Avoid”
H6544to loosen; by implication, to expose, dismiss; figuratively, absolve, begin
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
“from it and pass away”
H5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“from it and pass away”
H5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in
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