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Proverbs 4:14

Proverbs 4:14 is verse 14 of Proverbs chapter 4, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.

Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.

Don’t enter into the path of the wicked. Don’t walk in the way of evil men.

Proverbs 4:12–16 · Berean Standard Bible

12 When you walk, your steps will not be impeded; when you run, you will not stumble.

13 Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.

14 Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.

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

16 For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Proverbs 1:10
My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them.

Proverbs 1:15
my son, do not walk the road with them or set foot upon their path.

Proverbs 2:11
Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you,

Proverbs 2:12
to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perversity,

Proverbs 9:6
Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”

Proverbs 13:20
He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.

Psalms 1:1
Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.

Psalms 26:4
I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.

Psalms 26:5
I hate the mob of evildoers, and refuse to sit with the wicked.

1 Corinthians 15:33
Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”