Proverbs 4:14
Be not delighted in the paths of the wicked, neither let the way of evil men please thee.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Ne delecteris in semitis impiorum, nec tibi placeat malorum via.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ὁδοὺς ἀσεβῶν μὴ ἐπέλθῃς, μηδὲ ζηλώσῃς ὁδοὺς παρανόμων·
- Hebrew (WLC)
- בְּאֹ֣רַח רְ֭שָׁעִים אַל תָּבֹ֑א וְאַל תְּ֝אַשֵּׁ֗ר בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ רָעִֽים
The Fathers on this verse
St Hippolytus On Proverbs, Section I
The heterodox are the “wicked,” and the transgressors of the law are “evil men,” whose “ways”, that is to say, their deeds, he bids us not enter.