Proverbs 4:17
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
In Context
16For they do not sleep unless they do evil. And their sleep is taken away unless they cause to fall.
18But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, that shines more and more to the perfect day.
Cross References
Job 24:5Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert, they go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food. The wilderness [yields] them bread for their sons.
Proverbs 9:17Stolen waters are sweet, and bread in secret is pleasant.
Isaiah 5:18Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and sin as it were with a cart rope,
Jeremiah 5:26For among my people are found wicked men. They watch as fowlers lay in wait. They set a trap; they catch men.
Ezekiel 22:25There is a conspiracy by her prophets in the midst of it, like a roaring lion ravening the prey. They have devoured souls. They take treasure and precious things. They have made her widows many in the midst thereof.
Micah 3:5Thus says LORD concerning the prophets who make my people to err, who bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace. And he who does not put into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.
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 →