Proverbs 4:17
They eat the bread of impiety, and they drink the wine of iniquity.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
In Context
Cross References
Job 24:5Others, like wild asses in the desert, go forth to their work; by watching for prey, they obtain bread for their children.
Proverbs 9:17“Stolen waters are more soothing, and secret bread is more pleasant.”
Isaiah 5:18Woe to you who draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and who draw sin as if with the rope of a cart,
Jeremiah 5:26For the impious are found among my people; they lie in ambush like fowlers setting snares, for they set traps to catch men.
Ezekiel 22:25There is a conspiracy of prophets in her midst. Like a lion, roaring and seizing the prey, they have devoured souls. They have taken riches and a price. They have multiplied widows in her midst.
Micah 3:5Thus says the Lord about the prophets who seduce my people: They bite with their teeth and preach peace, and if anyone does not give something to their mouth, they sanctify a battle 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 →