Proverbs 4:19
The way of the wicked is darksome: they know not where they fall.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
In Context
18But the path of the just, as a shining light, goeth forwards and increaseth even to perfect day.
20My son, hearken to my words, and incline thy ear to my sayings.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:9He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness, because no man shall prevail by his own strength.
Job 12:25They shall grope as in the dark, and not in the light, and he shall make them stagger like men that are drunk.
Job 18:18He shall drive him out of light into darkness, and shall remove him out of the world.
Proverbs 2:13Who leave the right way, and walk by dark ways:
Isaiah 59:9Therefore is judgment far from us, and justice shall not overtake us. We looked for light, and behold darkness: brightness, and we have walked in the dark.
Jeremiah 13:16Give ye glory to the Lord your God, before it be dark, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains: you shall look for light, and he will turn it into the shadow of death, and into 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 →