Proverbs 4:16
For they sleep not, except they have done evil: and their sleep is taken away unless they have made some to fall.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
In The King James Version
In Context
15Flee from it, pass not by it: go aside, and forsake it.
17They eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of iniquity.
Cross References
Psalms 36:4Delight in the Lord, and he will give thee the requests of thy heart.
Proverbs 2:14Who are glad when they have done evil, and rejoice in the most wicked things:
Jeremiah 9:4Let every man take heed of his neighbour, and let him not trust in any brother of his: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every friend will walk deceitfully.
Luke 22:66And as soon as it was day, the ancients of the people and the chief priests and scribes came together. And they brought him into their council saying: If thou be the Christ, tell us.
Acts 24:7But Lysias the tribune, coming upon us with great violence, took him away out of our hands;
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 →