Proverbs 4:15

The Right Path

¹⁴ Do not enter the path of the wicked
And do not proceed in the way of evil men.
¹⁵ Avoid it, do not pass by it;
Turn away from it and pass on.
¹⁶ For they cannot sleep unless they do evil;
And they are robbed of sleep unless they make someone stumble.

Turn Aside

Exodus 23:7

Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent or the righteous, for I will not acquit the guilty.

Job 11:14

If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away,
And do not let wickedness dwell in your tents;

Job 22:23

“If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored;
If you remove unrighteousness far from your tent,

Proverbs 5:8

Keep your way far from her
And do not go near the door of her house,

Proverbs 6:5

Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hunter’s hand
And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.

Isaiah 33:15

He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity,
He who rejects unjust gain
And shakes his hands so that they hold no bribe;
He who stops his ears from hearing about bloodshed
And shuts his eyes from looking upon evil;

Ephesians 5:11

Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them;

1 Thessalonians 5:22

abstain from every form of evil.