Proverbs 4:19
The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
In Context
20My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:9He keepeth the feet of his saints, but the wicked are silenced in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
Job 12:25They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunkard.
Job 18:18He is driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
Proverbs 2:13[from those] who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
Isaiah 59:9Therefore is justice far from us, and righteousness overtaketh us not: we wait for light, and behold darkness; for brightness, [but] we walk in obscurity.
Jeremiah 13:16Give glory to Jehovah your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the mountains of twilight; and ye shall look for light, but he will turn it into the shadow of death, and make [it] gross 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 →