Proverbs 4:17
They eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of iniquity.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
In Context
18But the path of the just, as a shining light, goeth forwards and increaseth even to perfect day.
Cross References
Job 24:5Others like wild asses in the desert go forth to their work: by watching for a prey they get bread for their children.
Proverbs 9:17Stolen waters are sweeter, and hid den bread is more pleasant.
Isaiah 5:18Woe to you that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as the rope of a cart.
Jeremiah 5:26For among my people are found wicked men, that lie in wait as fowlers, setting snares and traps to catch men.
Ezekiel 22:25There is a conspiracy of prophets in the midst thereof: like a lion that roareth and catcheth the prey, they have devoured souls, they have taken riches and hire, they have made many widows in the midst thereof.
Micah 3:5Thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets that make my people err: that bite with their teeth, and preach peace: and if a man give not something into their mouth, they prepare war 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 →