Proverbs 4:16
because evil people cannot sleep if they have not done some evil deed on that day. They cannot rest if they have not harmed someone.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
15Stay away from those roads; turn aside and walk on other roads;
Cross References
Psalms 36:4While they are lying on their beds, they plan to do things to harm others; they are determined to do things that are not good, and they never refuse to do what is evil.
Proverbs 2:14They enjoy doing what is wrong; they like to do what is evil and to deceive people.
Jeremiah 9:4Do not trust your neighbors and even your brothers! They all are as deceitful as Jacob was. They slander each other and tell lies about each other.
Luke 22:66At dawn the next morning, many of the Jewish leaders gathered together. The group included the chief priests and the men who taught the Jewish laws. They took Jesus to the Jewish Council. There the men of the Council said to him,
Acts 24:7But Lysias, the commander at the Roman fort, came with his soldiers and forcefully took him away from us [SYN].
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 →