27Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
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Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.
And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 20-27)Solomon, having warned us not to do evil, here teaches us how to do well. It is not enough for us to shun the occasions of sin, but we must study the methods of duty. I. We must have a continual regard to the word of God and endeavour that it may be always ready to us. 1. The sayings of wisdom must be our principles by which we must govern ourselves, our monitors to warn us of duty and danger; and…
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