Proverbs 4:16
For they do not sleep, unless they have done evil. And their sleep is quickly taken away from them, unless they have overthrown.
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15Take flight from it. Do not pass close to it. Turn away and abandon it.
17They eat the bread of impiety, and they drink the wine of iniquity.
Cross References
Psalms 36:4Delight in the Lord, and he will grant to you the petitions of your heart.
Proverbs 2:14who rejoice when they have done evil, and who exult in the most wicked things.
Jeremiah 9:4Let each one guard himself against his neighbor, and let him have no trust in any brother of his. For every brother will utterly overthrow, and every friend will advance deceitfully.
Luke 22:66And when it was daytime, the elders of the people, and the leaders of the priests, and the scribes convened. And they led him into their council, saying, “If you are the Christ, tell us.”
Acts 24:7But Lysias, the tribune, overwhelming us with great violence, snatched him away from our hands,
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 →