Proverbs 4:16
For they do not sleep if they do no evil, || And their sleep has been taken away violently, || If they do not cause [some] to stumble.
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In Context
15Avoid it, do not pass over into it, || Turn aside from it, and pass on.
17For they have eaten bread of wickedness, || And they drink wine of violence.
Cross References
Psalms 36:4He devises iniquity on his bed, || He stations himself on a way not good, || He does not refuse evil.”
Proverbs 2:14Who are rejoicing to do evil, || They delight in [the] contrariness of the wicked,
Jeremiah 9:4“You each beware of his friend, || And do not trust any brother, || For every brother utterly supplants, || For every friend slanderously walks,
Luke 22:66And when it became day there was gathered together the eldership of the people, chief priests also, and scribes, and they led Him up to their own Sanhedrin,
Acts 24:7and Lysias the chief captain having come near, took away out of our hands with much violence,
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 →