Proverbs 4:14

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Do not go in the road of sinners, or be walking in the way of evil men.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 1:15 : 15 My son, do not go with them; keep your feet from their ways:
  • Ps 1:1 : 1 Happy is the man who does not go in the company of sinners, or take his place in the way of evil-doers, or in the seat of those who do not give honour to the Lord.
  • Prov 1:10 : 10 My son, if sinners would take you out of the right way, do not go with them.
  • 1 Cor 15:33 : 33 Do not be tricked by false words: evil company does damage to good behaviour.
  • Ps 26:4-5 : 4 I have not taken my seat with foolish persons, and I do not go with false men. 5 I have been a hater of the band of wrongdoers, and I will not be seated among sinners.
  • Prov 2:11-12 : 11 Wise purposes will be watching over you, and knowledge will keep you; 12 Giving you salvation from the evil man, from those whose words are false;
  • Prov 9:6 : 6 Give up the simple ones and have life, and go in the way of knowledge.
  • Prov 13:20 : 20 Go with wise men and be wise: but he who keeps company with the foolish will be broken.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 4:15
    89%

    15Keep far from it, do not go near; be turned from it, and go on your way.

  • Prov 1:15-16
    2 verses
    83%

    15My son, do not go with them; keep your feet from their ways:

    16For their feet are running after evil, and they are quick to take a man's life.

  • Prov 4:26-27
    2 verses
    82%

    26Keep a watch on your behaviour; let all your ways be rightly ordered.

    27Let there be no turning to the right or to the left, keep your feet from evil.

  • Prov 2:19-20
    2 verses
    80%

    19Those who go to her do not come back again; their feet do not keep in the ways of life:

    20So that you may go in the way of good men, and keep in the footsteps of the upright.

  • Prov 7:25
    78%

    25Let not your heart be turned to her ways, do not go wandering in her footsteps.

  • Prov 16:17
    77%

    17The highway of the upright is to be turned away from evil: he who takes care of his way will keep his soul.

  • Prov 1:10
    77%

    10My son, if sinners would take you out of the right way, do not go with them.

  • Prov 4:11-13
    3 verses
    77%

    11I have given you teaching in the way of wisdom, guiding your steps in the straight way.

    12When you go, your way will not be narrow, and in running you will not have a fall.

    13Take learning in your hands, do not let her go: keep her, for she is your life.

  • Prov 24:1
    77%

    1Have no envy for evil men, or any desire to be with them:

  • Prov 2:12-13
    2 verses
    76%

    12Giving you salvation from the evil man, from those whose words are false;

    13Who give up the way of righteousness, to go by dark roads;

  • Prov 4:19
    76%

    19The way of sinners is dark; they see not the cause of their fall.

  • Ps 34:13-14
    2 verses
    76%

    13Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from words of deceit.

    14Be turned from evil, and do good; make a search for peace, desiring it with all your heart.

  • Prov 5:8
    76%

    8Go far away from her, do not come near the door of her house;

  • Job 34:8
    75%

    8And goes in the company of evil-doers, walking in the way of sinners?

  • Ps 141:4
    75%

    4Keep my heart from desiring any evil thing, or from taking part in the sins of the evil-doers with men who do wrong: and let me have no part in their good things.

  • Prov 24:19
    75%

    19Do not be troubled because of evil-doers, or have envy of sinners:

  • Prov 22:24-25
    2 verses
    74%

    24Do not be friends with a man who is given to wrath; do not go in the company of an angry man:

    25For fear of learning his ways and making a net ready for your soul.

  • Prov 24:15
    74%

    15Do not keep a secret watch, O evil-doer, against the fields of the upright man, or send destruction on his resting-place:

  • Job 22:15
    74%

    15Will you keep the old way by which evil men went?

  • Prov 22:5
    74%

    5Thorns and nets are in the way of the twisted: he who keeps watch over his soul will be far from them.

  • Prov 3:7
    74%

    7Put no high value on your wisdom: let the fear of the Lord be before you, and keep yourself from evil:

  • Ps 1:1
    73%

    1Happy is the man who does not go in the company of sinners, or take his place in the way of evil-doers, or in the seat of those who do not give honour to the Lord.

  • Ps 28:3
    73%

    3Do not take me away with the sinners and the workers of evil, who say words of peace to their neighbours, but evil is in their hearts.

  • Prov 3:31
    73%

    31Have no envy of the violent man, or take any of his ways as an example.

  • Prov 5:6
    73%

    6She never keeps her mind on the road of life; her ways are uncertain, she has no knowledge.

  • Prov 9:6
    73%

    6Give up the simple ones and have life, and go in the way of knowledge.

  • Prov 16:29
    73%

    29A violent man puts desire of evil into his neighbour's mind, and makes him go in a way which is not good.

  • Ps 101:4
    72%

    4The false heart I will send away from me: I will not have an evil-doer for a friend.

  • Prov 10:17
    72%

    17He who takes note of teaching is a way of life, but he who gives up training is a cause of error.

  • Prov 2:15
    72%

    15Whose ways are not straight, and whose footsteps are turned to evil:

  • Prov 14:19
    72%

    19The knees of the evil are bent before the good; and sinners go down in the dust at the doors of the upright.

  • Ps 37:27
    72%

    27Be turned from evil, and do good; and your place will be for ever.

  • Prov 14:7
    72%

    7Go away from the foolish man, for you will not see the lips of knowledge.

  • Prov 6:24
    72%

    24They will keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the strange woman.

  • Prov 17:13
    72%

    13If anyone gives back evil for good, evil will never go away from his house.

  • Exod 23:2
    72%

    2Do not be moved to do wrong by the general opinion, or give the support of your words to a wrong decision:

  • Ps 55:11
    72%

    11Evil is there; cruel rule and deceit are ever in the streets.

  • Prov 13:20
    71%

    20Go with wise men and be wise: but he who keeps company with the foolish will be broken.

  • Ps 140:4
    71%

    4O Lord, take me out of the hands of sinners; keep me safe from the violent man: for they are designing my downfall.

  • Prov 12:28
    71%

    28In the road of righteousness is life, but the way of the evil-doer goes to death.

  • Prov 13:15
    71%

    15Wise behaviour gets approval, but the way of the false is their destruction.

  • Prov 14:16
    71%

    16The wise man, fearing, keeps himself from evil; but the foolish man goes on in his pride, with no thought of danger.