Proverbs 4:19
The way of the wicked is as darkness. They know not at what they stumble.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
In Context
18But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, that shines more and more to the perfect day.
20My son, attend to my words. Incline thine ear to my sayings.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:9He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness, for by strength no man shall prevail.
Job 12:25They grope in the dark without light, and he makes them to stagger like a drunken man.
Job 18:18He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
Proverbs 2:13who forsake the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness,
Isaiah 59:9Therefore justice is far from us, nor does righteousness overtake us. We look for light, but, behold, darkness, for brightness, but we walk in obscurity.
Jeremiah 13:16Give glory to LORD your God, before he causes darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains. And, while ye look for light, he turns it into the shadow of death, and makes it gross darkness.
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 →