Proverbs 4:14 (BSB)

Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.

From Proverbs 4. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 4:14

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 4:14-19: Some make David's instructions to Solomon, which began Pro 4:4, to continue to the end of the chapter; nay, some continue them to the end of the ninth chapter; but it is more probable that Solomon begins here again, if not sooner. In these verses, having exhorted us to walk in the paths of wisdom, he cautions us against the path of the wicked. 1.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 4:14: Enter not into the path of the wicked,.... Which leads to eternal death; join not with them in their wicked ways and practices; have no fellowship, keep no company, with them; do not set one foot in the path they tread, lest thou shouldest be tempted to proceed to more ungodliness; you do not know where and when there will be a stop, when once you begin, therefore enter not.
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 4:14: (Compare Psa 1:1). Avoid all temptations to the beginning of evil.
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 4:13-14: Pro 4:13-14 The exhortations attracting by means of promises, now become warnings fitted to alarm: 13 Hold fast to instruction, let her not go; Keep her, for she is thy life. 14 Into the path of the wicked enter not, And walk not in the way of the evil 15 Avoid it, enter not into it; Turn from it and pass away.