Proverbs 4:15

Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

Cross-reference

Proverbs 5:8 gives a practical application: stay far from the adulteress, exactly as 4:15 instructs to turn away from evil.

Proverbs 1:15 explicitly says 'refrain thy foot from their path' — an identical warning from the same author.

Proverbs 7:25 warns not to go astray into her paths — a specific application of avoiding evil paths.

Proverbs 9:6 says 'forsake the foolish' to live — a parallel call to abandon evil and choose wisdom.

Job 11:14 Parallel

Job 11:14 urges putting iniquity far away — the same action of removing sin that 4:15 commands for the path of evil.

Ephesians 5:11 commands no fellowship with darkness, echoing Proverbs' call to avoid evil paths.

1 Thessalonians 5:22's 'abstain from all appearance of evil' is a direct NT parallel to avoiding the wicked path.

Psalm 1:1 Parallel

Psalm 1:1 blesses those who do not walk in sinners' way — the same principle of avoiding evil paths.

Exodus 23:7 Parallel

Exodus 23:7 says 'keep far from a false charge' — a specific instance of avoiding evil as commanded in 4:15.

Isaiah 33:15 describes the righteous who actively avoid evil, mirroring the command to avoid the wicked's path.