Proverbs 4:27
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שׁוּב
shûwb
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); ...
יְמָנִי
yᵉmânîy
right (i.e. at the right hand)
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
רֶגֶל
regel
a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
רַע
raʻ
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
Key Terms in This Verse
רֶגֶל regel
a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
Study H7272 →שׁוּב shûwb
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
Study H7725 →Cross References
Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou ma...
And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
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