Proverbs 4:19
The way of sinners is dark; they see not the cause of their fall.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
In Context
20My son, give attention to my words; let your ear be turned to my sayings.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:9He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the evil-doers will come to their end in the dark night, for by strength no man will overcome.
Job 12:25They go feeling about in the dark without light, wandering without help like those overcome with wine.
Job 18:18He is sent away from the light into the dark; he is forced out of the world.
Proverbs 2:13Who give up the way of righteousness, to go by dark roads;
Isaiah 59:9For this cause our right is far from us, and righteousness does not overtake us: we are looking for light, but there is only the dark; for the shining of the sun, but our way is in the night.
Jeremiah 13:16Give glory to the Lord your God, before he makes it dark, and before your feet are slipping on the dark mountains, and, while you are looking for a light, he makes it into deep dark, into black night.
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 →