Proverbs 4:27

“Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.”

King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations for Proverbs 4:27

Turne not to the right hande nor to the left: remoue thy foot frō euil.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

Do not turn to the right nor to the left; Turn your foot from evil.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: Remove thy foot from evil.
- American Standard Version (1901)

Let there be no turning to the right or to the left, keep your feet from evil.
- Basic English Bible

Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your feet away from evil.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible

Turn not to the right hand nor to the left; remove thy foot from evil.
- Darby Bible

Decline not to the right hand, nor to the left: turn away thy foot from evil. For the Lord knoweth the ways that are on the right hand: but those are perverse which are on the left hand. But he will make thy courses straight, he will bring forward thy ways in peace.
- Douay-Rheims Bible

Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
- English Revised Version

Don't turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil.
- World English Bible

Bible Commentary for Proverbs 4:27

Wesley's Notes for Proverbs 4:27


4:25 Right on - Direct all thine actions to a right end, and keep thy mind fixed upon that way which leads to it, and neither look or turn aside to the right - hand or the left.

4:26 Ponder - Consider thine actions before thou dost them, and see that they agree with the rule. And - Let thine actions be uniformly and constantly good in spite of all temptations.


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