Proverbs 4:19
The way of the wicked [is] as darkness, || They have not known at what they stumble.
Literal Standard 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, give attention to my words, || Incline your ear to my sayings,
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:9He keeps the feet of His saints, || And the wicked are silent in darkness, || For man does not become mighty by power.
Job 12:25They feel darkness, and not light, || He causes them to wander as a drunkard.”
Job 18:18They thrust him from light to darkness, || And cast him out from the habitable earth.
Proverbs 2:13Who are forsaking paths of uprightness, || To walk in ways of darkness,
Isaiah 59:9Therefore judgment has been far from us, || And righteousness does not reach us, || We wait for light, and behold, darkness, || For brightness—in thick darkness we go,
Jeremiah 13:16Give glory to your God YHWH, || Before He causes darkness, || And before your feet stumble on dark mountains, || And you have waited for light, || And He has made it for death-shade, || And has appointed [it] for thick 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 →