Proverbs 4:19
The way of the wicked is like darkness: they know not against what they stumble.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
In Context
20My son, attend to my words, unto my sayings incline thy ear.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:9He ever guardeth the feet of his pious ones, and the wicked shall be made silent in darkness; for not by strength can man prevail.
Job 12:25They grope in the dark without light, and he causeth them to wander astray like a drunken man.
Job 18:18Men will thrust him out from light into darkness, and out of the world will they drive him.
Proverbs 2:13[From those] who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
Isaiah 59:9Therefore is justice far from us, nor will happiness overtake us: we ever hope for light, but behold there is darkness; for brightness, but in obscurity must we walk.
Jeremiah 13:16Give unto the Lord your God glory, before he cause darkness, and before your feet strike upon the mountains of twilight, and [where], while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and change it into gross 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 →