Proverbs 4:17
For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
World Messianic Bible
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. Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall.
Cross References
Job 24:5Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert, they go out to their work, seeking diligently for food. The wilderness yields them bread for their children.
Proverbs 9:17“Stolen water is sweet. Food eaten in secret is pleasant.”
Isaiah 5:18Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and wickedness as with cart rope,
Jeremiah 5:26For wicked men are found among my people. They watch, as fowlers lie in wait. They set a trap. They catch men.
Ezekiel 22:25There is a conspiracy of her prophets within it, like a roaring lion ravening the prey. They have devoured souls. They take treasure and precious things. They have made many widows within it.
Micah 3:5The LORD says concerning the prophets who lead my people astray—for those who feed their teeth, they proclaim, “Peace!” and whoever doesn’t provide for their mouths, they prepare war against him:
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 →