Proverbs 4:19
The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
In Context
20My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:9He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
Job 12:25They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
Job 18:18He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
Proverbs 2:13Who forsake the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
Isaiah 59:9Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth righteousness overtake us: we look for light, but behold darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity.
Jeremiah 13:16Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains; and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross 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 →