Proverbs 4:17

For they eat the bread of ethical wickedness, 2 and drink the wine of violence. 1

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In The King James Version

For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

In Context

16For they don’t sleep, unless they do evil. 2 Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall. 1

18But the path of the upright is like the dawning light, 2 that shines more and more until the perfect day. 1

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Cross References

Proverbs 9:17“Stolen water is sweet. 2 Food eaten in secret is pleasant.” 1

Isaiah 5:18Woe to those who draw depravity (moral evil) with cords of falsehood, 2 and wickedness as with cart rope; 1

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 →

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