Proverbs 4:17

For they eate the bread of wickednes, and drinke the wine of robberie.

Bible (Bishops')

In The King James Version

For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

In Context

16For they sleepe not except they haue done mischiefe: and sleepe is taken from them, vntyll they haue done harme.

18The path of the righteous shineth, as the light that is euer bryghter and bryghter vnto the perfect day.

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Cross References

Proverbs 9:17Stolen waters are sweete, & the bread that is priuily eaten, hath a good taste.

Isaiah 5:18Wo be vnto them that drawe wickednesse with cordes of vanitie, and sinne as it were with a cart rope.

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 →

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