Proverbs 4:15

Modern

Avoid it; do not travel on it. Turn from it and pass on by.

Traditional

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

Literal

Avoid it! Do not pass onto it; turn aside from it and pass by.

Latin

Fuge ab ea, nec transeas per illam; declina, et desere eam.

Hebrew

English

Avoid it; do not travel on it. Turn from it and pass on by.

The father offers his children two choices:

Ephesians 5:11
Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
Job 22:23
If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored. If you remove injustice from your tents
1 Thessalonians 5:22
Abstain from every form of evil.
Job 11:14
…if you put away the iniquity in your hand, and allow no injustice to dwell in your tents,
Exodus 23:7
Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.
Isaiah 33:15
He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears against murderous plots and shuts his eyes tightly against evil—
Proverbs 5:8
Keep your path far from her; do not go near the door of her house,
Proverbs 6:5
Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.