Proverbs 4:17
For they eat the bread of wickedness; and the wine of violence do they drink.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
In Context
Cross References
Job 24:5Behold, as wild asses in the wilderness go they forth to their work, rising betimes after [their] prey: the desert yieldeth food for them and for their young men.
Proverbs 9:17“Stolen waters are sweet, and bread of secrecy is pleasant.”
Isaiah 5:18Woe unto those that draw iniquity with the cords of falsehood, and as with a wagon-rope, sinfulness;
Jeremiah 5:26For there are found among my people wicked men: they lie in wait, as he that layeth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
Ezekiel 22:25The banded troop of her prophets in the midst of her is like a roaring lion that teareth in pieces the prey: souls do they devour; wealth and precious things do they take away; the number of her widows do they increase in the midst of her.
Micah 3:5Thus hath said the Lord concerning the prophets that mislead my people, who, when they have something to bite with their teeth, cry, Peace; but who prepare war against him who putteth nothing in their mouth:
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 →