Proverbs 4:19
But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
In Context
20My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:9He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.
Job 12:25They grope in the darkness without light; He makes them stagger like drunkards.
Job 18:18He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.
Proverbs 2:13from those who leave the straight paths to walk in the ways of darkness,
Isaiah 59:9Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom.
Jeremiah 13:16Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick 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 →