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Proverbs 4:15

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Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
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  1. Ephesians 5:11Rank 1 from verse 15
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    11And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

  2. Job 22:23Rank 2 from verse 15
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    23If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.

  3. 1 Thessalonians 5:22Rank 3 from verse 15
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    22Abstain from all appearance of evil.

  4. Exodus 23:7Rank 4 from verse 15
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    7Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

  5. Job 11:14Rank 5 from verse 15
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    14If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.

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Proverbs 4:15

COMBINED MEANING

avoid

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Sense 1: To depart, withdraw, escape, or shun. Sense 2: To prevent or take care to prevent.

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pass

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To go by, through, over, or beyond; to happen, cease, or be transferred.

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turn

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Sense 1: To change direction, position, condition, purpose, or allegiance; to cause such a change. Sense 2: One’s time or occasion in an order or succession.

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4:14¶ Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.

4:15Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

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4:16For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

4:17For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

4:18But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

4:19The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

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