Bible Strands
Proverbs 1:15
my son, do not walk the road with them or set foot upon their path.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The father addresses his son immediately after the conspirators propose sharing a purse through robbery (Proverbs 1:14).
The words — The Hebrew phrase מְנַ֥ע רַ֝גְלְ/ךָ֗ (me.Na' rag.le./kha) literally commands "restrain your foot."
The thread — This prohibition against sharing the route of the wicked appears in Psalms 1:1, Psalms 119:101, and Proverbs 4:14.
Why it lands — The text commands physical separation from corrupt associates to prevent participation in their swift violence (Proverbs 1:16).
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
Cross-references
- Psalms 119:101 I have kept my feet from every evil path, that I may keep Your word.
- 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.
- Proverbs 4:14 Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.
- Proverbs 4:27 Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your feet away from evil.
- Psalms 26:4 I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.
- 2 Corinthians 6:17 “Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
- 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.
- Proverbs 5:8 Keep your path far from her; do not go near the door of her house,
- Jeremiah 14:10 This is what the LORD says about this people: “Truly they love to wander; they have not restrained their feet. So the LORD does not accept them; He will now remember their iniquity and punish them for their sins.”