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Proverbs 4 › verse

Proverbs 4:27

Do not turn to the right or the left; Remove your foot from evil.

Discipleship, service and callingSin, temptation and holiness

Key words: raʿ nāṭâ sûr yāmîn śᵊmō'l

Original words

EnglishOriginal wordRoot#
Turntēṭ תֵּטnāṭâ3
not'al אַל'al26
to the right handyāmîn יָמִיןyāmîn2
nor to the leftûśmō'vl וּשְׂמֹאולśᵊmō'l2
removehāsēr הָסֵרsûr3
thy footraḡlᵊḵā רַגְלְךָreḡel4
from evilmērāʿ מֵרָעraʿ5

Memory passages these point to

J-54 Deuteronomy 5:23-33P-19 Deuteronomy 5:32-33S-18 Joshua 1:1-9S-54 Deuteronomy 5:32-33

Cross-references 7

Passages are shown in the NKJV.

Turn not to the right hand nor to the left 4
  • Deuteronomy 5:32 J-54 Deuteronomy 5:23-33P-19 Deuteronomy 5:32-33S-54 Deuteronomy 5:32-33

    32"Therefore you shall be careful to do as the LORD your God has commanded you; you shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.

  • Deuteronomy 12:32

    32"Whatever I command you, be careful to observe it; you shall not add to it nor take away from it.

  • Deuteronomy 28:14

    14So you shall not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right or the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

  • Joshua 1:7 S-18 Joshua 1:1-9

    7Only be strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go.

remove thy foot from evil 3
  • Proverbs 16:17

    17The highway of the upright is to depart from evil; He who keeps his way preserves his soul.

  • Isaiah 1:16

    16"Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; Put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes. Cease to do evil,

  • Romans 12:9

    9Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good.

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