Proverbs 4:27 (WEB)

Passage

Don’t turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil.

Nearby Context

Proverbs 4:25 Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you.

Proverbs 4:26 Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established.

Proverbs 4:27 Don’t turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "turn", "right", "hand", "left", "remove", "foot", and "evil". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "turn" and "right", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The prior verse says "Make the path of your feet level...", giving immediate footing for "turn" and "right". In Proverbs context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "turn" and "right" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.