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Proverbs 4:14

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← Proverbs 4:13	Proverbs 4:14 (KJV)	Proverbs 4:15 →
Take fast hold of instruction; let [her] not go: keep her; for she [is] thy life.	Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil [men].	Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Enter^H935 not into the path^H734 of the wicked^H7563, and go^H833 not in the way^H1870 of evil^H7451 men.

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Original Hebrew

בְּאֹרַח רְשָׁעִים אַל־תָּבֹא וְאַל־תְּאַשֵּׁר בְּדֶרֶךְ רָעִים׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
בְּ/אֹ֣רַח	be./'O.rach	H734	HR/Ncbsc	in/ (the) path of
רְ֭שָׁעִים	Re.sha.'im	H7563	HAampa	wicked (people)
אַל	'al-	H408	HTn	may not
תָּבֹ֑א	ta.Vo'	H935	HVqj2ms	you go
וְ/אַל	ve./'al-	H408	HC/Tn	and/ may not
תְּ֝אַשֵּׁ֗ר	te.'a.Sher	H833	HVpj2ms	you advance
בְּ/דֶ֣רֶךְ	be./De.rekh	H1870	HR/Ncbsc	in/ (the) way of
רָעִֽים	ra.'Im	H7451	HAampa	evil (people)

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H734 — אֹרַח (ʼôrach, o'-rakh): from אָרַח; a well-trodden road (literally or figuratively); also a caravan; manner, path, race, rank, traveller, troop, (by-, high-) way.
• H833 — אָשַׁר (ʼâshar, aw-shar'): or אָשֵׁר; a primitive root; to be straight (used in the widest sense, especially to be level, right, happy); figuratively, to go forward, be honest, proper; (call, be) bless(-ed, happy), go, guide, lead, relieve.
• H935 — בּוֹא (bôwʼ, bo): a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications); abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat, [phrase] employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, [phrase] follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, [phrase] have, [idiom] indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, [idiom] (well) stricken (in age), [idiom] surely, take (in), way.
• H1870 — דֶּרֶךְ (derek, deh'-rek): from דָּרַךְ; a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb; along, away, because of, [phrase] by, conversation, custom, (east-) ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-) way(-side), whither(-soever).
• H7451 — רַע (raʻ, rah): from רָעַע; bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral); adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, [phrase] not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
• H7563 — רָשָׁע (râshâʻ, raw-shaw'): from רָשַׁע; morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person; [phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H408 — אַל (ʼal, al): a negative particle (akin to לֹא); not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing; nay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.

Cross References

Reciprocal references (9): Exodus 23:2, Exodus 23:7, Joshua 23:7, Job 34:8, Proverbs 7:8, Proverbs 7:25, Proverbs 12:11, Matthew 26:41, Ephesians 5:11

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: ASSOCIATION-SEPARATION, TEMPTATION, TITLES AND NAMES
• Torrey’s: ALLIANCE AND SOCIETY WITH THE ENEMIES OF GOD, TITLES AND NAMES OF THE WICKED
• Nave’s: COMPANY, FELLOWSHIP, TEMPTATION, YOUNG MEN

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