Proverbs 4:14

Enter not. Note the Figure of speech Synonymia (App-6) in the verbs of verses: Proverbs 4:14; Proverbs 4:15. Illustrations: Lot (Genesis 13:10-13); Solomon (2 Kings 23:13. Compare with 1 Kings 11:5); Jehoshaphat (2 Chronicles 18:1; 2 Chronicles 21:6. Compare with 2 Chronicles 19:2; 2 Chronicles 22:2 2 Chronicles 22:3, 2 Chronicles 22:10, and Proverbs 6:27; Proverbs 6:28).

wicked. lawless. Hebrew. rasha. App-44.

evil. Hebrew. ra'a'. App-44.

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¹⁴ Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 4:14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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