Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 1:15
My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
Walk not thou in the way with them; avoid their courses and their conversation, and company.
Refrain thy foot from their path; when thou hast any thought, or inclination, or temptation to follow their counsels or examples, suppress it, and restrain thyself as it were by force and violence, as the word implies.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
15, 16. The society of thewicked (way or path) is dangerous. Avoid the beginnings of sin(Pro 4:14; Psa 1:1;Psa 119:101).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
My son, walk not thou in the way with them,…. In the same way as they do, which is the broad way that leads unto destruction; set not one foot in it; make no trial of it, whether it will be pleasant and profitable walking in it; the experiment will be dangerous;
refrain thy foot from their path; their manner and course of life; do not follow it, nor join them in it; when there is an inclination or a temptation to it, withstand it; stop in time, do not proceed, but draw back, and go on in the way thou hast been trained up in, and remember the instructions of thy parents.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
After the men are described against whose enticements a warning is given forth, the warning is emphatically repeated, and is confirmed by a threefold reason:
My son! go not in the way with them.
Keep back thy foot from their path.
If (in the way), taken alone, cannot be equivalent to (in one way), so is (with them) to be regarded as its determination.
(Note: The Arab. grammarians regard this as half determination, and call it takhsys ; that has with them the force of a virtually coordinated attributive; while, according to the Arab. gram., it is also possible that , “in one way,” is equivalent to on the common way, for in the indetermination sometimes there lies the conception not merely of ahad , but of weahad .)
Foot (not feet), as eye, hand, etc., is used where the members come less under consideration than what they unitedly bring about (Pro 4:26.). , from , signifies properly that which is raised, especially the (raised) footstep.
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
15. Refrain Have nothing to do with them; hold back thy foot from walking in their pathways.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Pro 1:15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
Ver. 15. Walk not thou in the way with them. ] “God will not take the wicked by the hand.” Job 8:20 Why then should we? “Gather not my soul with sinners,” saith David. Psa 26:9 “O Lord, let me not go to hell where the wicked are: for Lord, thou knowest I never loved their company here,” said a good gentlewoman, when she was to die, being in much trouble of conscience.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
path. Some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, Syr, and Vulgate, read “paths” (plural)
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
walk: Pro 4:14, Pro 4:15, Pro 9:6, Pro 13:20, Psa 1:1, Psa 26:4, Psa 26:5, 2Co 6:17
refrain: Pro 4:27, Pro 5:8, Psa 119:101, Jer 14:10
Reciprocal: Gen 39:10 – or to be Gen 39:12 – and he left Gen 49:6 – come Exo 23:2 – follow Num 22:21 – General Job 34:8 – General Pro 1:8 – My son Pro 3:31 – choose Isa 8:11 – instructed 1Th 2:11 – as
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Pro 1:15-16. Walk not thou in the way with them Avoid their courses, their conversation, and company. Refrain thy foot from their path If thou shouldst have any thought, inclination, or temptation to hearken to their counsels, or to follow their examples, suppress it, and restrain thyself, as it were, by force and violence, as the word , implies. For their feet run to evil Without considering what they are doing, and shutting their eyes against the consequences, they make haste, not only to do evil to others, but also to bring evil upon themselves; to make haste to shed blood Innocent blood, which is an inhuman practice, and a practice always followed by dreadful punishment, if not from man, yet certainly from God.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
1:15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their {n} path:
(n) That is, have nothing at all to do with them.