Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
Shun evil if you will, but that is not enough; you must actively study the methods of duty. Bend your ear to wisdom's sayings, lodge them deep in your heart as commanding principles, and let them remain fixed before your eyes. They are both food and medicine to the soul: the nourishment by which spiritual life is sustained, and the healing by which the whole man is restored.
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Commenting on Proverbs 4:20-27
Turn not to the right hand nor to the left,.... Either into the road of immorality and profaneness, or into that of error, superstition, and false worship; but attend to the way of holiness and truth, directed to in the word of God; see Isa 30:21; nor be moved out of it by threatenings and menaces, nor by flatteries and promises; neither be cast down...
(Compare Pro 4:25). Avoid all by-paths of evil (Deu 2:27; Deu 17:11). A life of integrity requires attention to heart, speech, eyes, and conduct. Next: Proverbs Chapter 5