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Proverbs 1:15

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My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
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  1. Psalms 119:101Rank 1 from verse 15
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    101I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.

  2. Psalms 1:1Rank 2 from verse 15
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    1BLESSED is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

  3. Proverbs 4:14–15Rank 3 from verse 15
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    14¶ Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.

    15Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

  4. Proverbs 4:27Rank 4 from verse 15
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    27Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.

  5. Psalms 26:4–5Rank 5 from verse 15
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    4I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.

    5I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.

  6. 2 Corinthians 6:17Rank 6 from verse 15
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    17Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,

  7. Proverbs 13:20Rank 7 from verse 15
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    20He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

  8. Proverbs 9:6Rank 8 from verse 15
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    6Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

  9. Proverbs 5:8Rank 9 from verse 15
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    8Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:

  10. Jeremiah 14:10Rank 10 from verse 15
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    10¶ Thus saith the Lord unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore the Lord doth not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.

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Proverbs 1:15

COMBINED MEANING

son

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1. A male child or descendant. 2. One belonging to, related to, or characterized by the person, people, place, condition, or quality named.

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thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

refrain

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1. To hold back or restrain oneself or something. 2. To abstain or keep away from.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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foot

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Sense 1: The lower extremity used for standing or walking. Sense 2: A measure, base, or lowest part. Sense 3: As a verb, to tread or walk.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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1:10¶ My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

1:11If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

1:12Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:

1:13We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:

1:14Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:

1:15My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:

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1:16For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

1:17Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

1:18And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.

1:19So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

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