Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.
Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. "Enter not" forbids the first step toward union with the wicked in their ways. "Go not" forbids further advance in the same evil alliance, if we have been overcome temporarily by the deceitfulness of sin. The Hebrew for "go not" х tª'asheer (H833)] is, literally, to go straightforward; also, to pronounce happy. Perhaps Solomon implies, Do not go on (the Piel conjugation intensifies the meaning, Do not plant firm thy step), thinking thyself happy in following the ways of the bad (Mercer). There are three steps in gradation --
(1) Not to enter into the path at all.
(2) Not to persevere (Proverbs 4:14).
(3) To withdraw far from it and avoid it (Proverbs 4:15).