Proverbs 4:19
But the way of life of the wicked is like complete darkness; they don't even know what they're tripping over.
Free Bible Version
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 what I tell you; listen to the words I'm saying.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:9He will take care of those who trust him, but the wicked vanish into the darkness, for people don't succeed through their own strength.
Job 12:25They grope around in the dark without a light. He makes them stagger like drunk people.”
Job 18:18They are thrown out of light into darkness, driven from the world.
Proverbs 2:13who turn away from following what is right to walk down paths of darkness.
Isaiah 59:9So that's why we don't have justice, and we don't do what's right. We look for the light, but only find the dark; we look for bright light, but we walk in deep darkness.
Jeremiah 13:16Honor the Lord your God before he brings the darkness, before you trip and fall in the twilight on the mountains. You long for light to come, but he sends only gloom and complete 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 →