Proverbs 4:17
The bread of evil-doing is their food, the wine of violent acts their drink.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
In Context
Cross References
Job 24:5Like asses in the waste land they go out to their work, looking for food with care; from the waste land they get bread for their children.
Proverbs 9:17Drink taken without right is sweet, and food in secret is pleasing.
Isaiah 5:18Cursed are those who make use of ox-cords for pulling the evil thing, and the bands of a young ox for their sin!
Jeremiah 5:26For there are sinners among my people: they keep watch, like men watching for birds; they put a net and take men in it.
Ezekiel 22:25Her rulers in her are like a loud-voiced lion violently taking his food; they have made a meal of souls; they have taken wealth and valued property; they have made great the number of widows in her.
Micah 3:5This is what the Lord has said about the prophets by whom my people have been turned from the right way; who, biting with their teeth, say, Peace; and if anyone puts nothing in their mouths they make ready for 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 →