Proverbs 4:16
Evil people won't rest until they've done something wrong; they can't sleep unless they've tripped someone up.
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15Avoid that way completely. Don't go there! Turn away, and walk on.
17For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
Cross References
Psalms 36:4Even when they're lying in bed they think up evil schemes. They commit themselves to a way of life that is no good. They choose evil, and don't reject it.
Proverbs 2:14They happily do wrong; they love how twisted evil is.
Jeremiah 9:4Everyone, watch out for your friends! Don't even trust your brother! Every brother is deceitful, and every friend slanders other people.
Luke 22:66Early in the morning the council of elders gathered together with the chief priests and religious teachers. Jesus was led before the council.
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 →