Proverbs 4:16
For they do not sleep unless they do evil. And their sleep is taken away unless they cause to fall.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
15Avoid it. Do not pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on.
17For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
Cross References
Psalms 36:4He devises iniquity upon his bed. He sets himself in a way that is not good. He does not abhor evil.
Proverbs 2:14who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil,
Jeremiah 9:4Take ye heed each one of his neighbor, and trust ye not in any brother, for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.
Luke 22:66And when it became day, the eldership of the people, the chief priests, and the scholars, came together, and led him into their council, saying,
Acts 24:7[This verse is not in the majority of the Greek manuscripts.]
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 4:15-20
Cautions against Bad Company. 14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. 15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away. 16 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. 17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. 18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. 19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at… Read the whole commentary →