Avoid Avoid it, pass not by it, Prov. 4:15. mark them which cause divisions … and avoid them, Rom. 16:17. to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, 1 Cor. 7:2. Avoiding this, that no man should blame us, 2 Cor. 8:20. avoiding profane and vain babblings, 1 Tim. 6:20. foolish and unlearned questions avoid, 2 Tim. 2:23. avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, Titus 3:9. to avoid the too frequent repetition of his name, D&C 107:4.