Proverbs 4:15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away. A noble ship, with British colours flying was making its way across the ocean on a summer afternoon. Yet the face of the pilot wore an expression of deep anxiety, and he cast many uneasy glances in one direction, while steadily steering the opposite way. The captain came up to him with a pale and anxious countenance. "Surely we must now be safe?" "It is best to err on the right side. We can easily get too near, but we can hardly keep at too great a distance." What was this mysterious peril? It was a whirlpool, one of those deceitful eddies which, once approached, will draw the finest vessel irresistibly into certain destruction. There are worse whirlpools on land than those of the ocean. There are sins which, if you once come within their influence, are almost sure to drag you into their vortex of ruin. Is not drunkenness one of these? Is not gambling one of these? Is not dishonesty one of these? Sins of every kind have something of this fatal fascination, but some more than others. Keep at a distance from the path of the destroyer. Parallel Verses KJV: Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.WEB: Avoid it, and don't pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on. |
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