Proverbs 4:19
The way of the impious is darkened. They do not know where they may fall.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
In Context
20My son, pay attention to my sermons, and incline your ear to my eloquent words.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:9He will preserve the feet of his holy ones, and the impious will be silenced in darkness. For no man will prevail by his own strength.
Job 12:25They will grope as in the darkness, not the light, and he will make them stagger like drunkards.
Job 18:18He will expel him from light into darkness, and he will remove him from the world.
Proverbs 2:13from those who leave the straight path to walk in dark ways,
Isaiah 59:9Because of this, judgment is far from us, and justice will not take hold of us. We waited for light, and behold, darkness; we waited for brightness, and we walked in darkness.
Jeremiah 13:16Give glory to the Lord your God, before darkness falls, and before your feet stumble on the darkened mountains. You will expect light, but he will turn it into the shadow of death and into utter 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 →