Proverbs 4:15
Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
Auoid it, passe not by it, turne from it, and passe away.
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15He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;
15*††‖†He that walketh righteously, and speaketh vprightly, hee that despiseth the gaine of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his eares from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing euill:
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Proverbs 4:15
Sense 1: To depart, withdraw, escape, or shun. Sense 2: To prevent or take care to prevent.
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To go by, through, over, or beyond; to happen, cease, or be transferred.
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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.
4:14¶ *Enter not into the path of the wicked, and goe not in the way of euill men.
4:15Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
4:15Auoid it, passe not by it, turne from it, and passe away.
Selected passage4:16For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
4:16For they sleepe not except they haue done mischiefe: and their sleepe is taken away vnlesse they cause some to fall.
4:17For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
4:17For they eate the bread of wickednesse, and drinke 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.
4:18But the path of the iust is as the shining light that shineth more and more vnto the perfect day.
4:19The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
4:19The way of the wicked is as darknes: they know not at what they stumble.