Proverbs 4:27
Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
*Turne not to the right hande nor to the left: remoue thy foot frō euil.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- *Cross-referenceDeut. 5.32
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- Deuteronomy 5:32Rank 1 from verse 27
- Joshua 1:7Rank 2 from verse 27
7Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.
7Onely bee thou strong, and very courageous, that thou mayest obserue to doe according to all the Law, which Moses my seruant commaunded thee: *turne not from it to the right hand, or to the left, that thou mayest ‖prosper whither soeuer thou goest.
- Deuteronomy 28:14Rank 3 from verse 27
14And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
14And thou shalt not go aside from any of the wordes which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to goe after other gods, to serue them.
- Proverbs 16:17Rank 4 from verse 27
- Deuteronomy 12:32Rank 5 from verse 27
- Isaiah 1:16Rank 6 from verse 27
- Romans 12:9Rank 7 from verse 27
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Proverbs 4:27
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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1. Correct, just, upright, proper, lawful, fitting, true, or due; also a rightful claim or authority. 2. The direction or side opposite the left. 3. Straight, favourable, skilful, or approved. 4. Very, quite, or fully.
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Sense 1: The part of the body at the end of the arm. Sense 2: Figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.
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Sense 1: Past tense and past participle of leave: departed, abandoned, allowed to remain, or caused to remain. Sense 2: The direction or side opposite the right.
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To take or put away in any manner; to cause to leave a person or thing; to banish or destroy. To cause to change place; to put from its place in any manner.
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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.
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Sense 1: Moral wickedness, sin, wrong, or corruption. Sense 2: Harm, misery, calamity, adversity, or punishment.
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4:26Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
4:26‖Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy wayes be established.
4:27Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
4:27*Turne not to the right hande nor to the left: remoue thy foot frō euil.
Selected passage5:1MY son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
5:1¶ My sonne, attend vnto my wisedome, and bowe thine eare to my vnderstanding.