Proverbs 4:16
For they sleep not if they do not evil, And their sleep hath been taken violently away, If they cause not [some] to stumble.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
15Avoid it, pass not over into it, Turn aside from it, and pass on.
17For they have eaten bread of wickedness, And wine of violence they drink.
Cross References
Psalms 36:4Iniquity he deviseth on his bed, He stationeth himself on a way not good, Evil he doth not refuse.'
Proverbs 2:14Who are rejoicing to do evil, They delight in frowardness of the wicked,
Jeremiah 9:4Each of his friend — beware ye, And on any brother, do not trust, For every brother doth utterly supplant, For every friend slanderously doth walk,
Luke 22:66And when it became day there was gathered together the eldership of the people, chief priests also, and scribes, and they led him up to their own sanhedrim,
Acts 24:7and Lysias the chief captain having come near, with much violence, out of our hands did take away,
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 →