Proverbs 4:17
For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
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In The King James Version
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
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Cross References
Job 24:5Like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor have to scavenge for their food, looking for anything to feed their children in the wasteland.
Proverbs 9:17“Stolen water is sweet, and food eaten in secret tastes good!”
Isaiah 5:18Tragedy is coming to you who drag along your sins behind you with cords made of lies, pulling with ropes your cartful of wickedness.
Jeremiah 5:26For there are wicked men among my people. They're like bird-trappers, secretly watching and waiting to catch people in their snare.
Ezekiel 22:25Her leaders conspire together and it's like watching a roaring lion ripping up its prey. They destroy the people, grab everything that's valuable, and make many more widows in the city.
Micah 3:5This is what the Lord says about the prophets who deceive my people. To those who feed them they prophesy peace to them, while to those who do not they prophesy war against them.
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 →