Proverbs 4:17
For they have eaten bread of wickedness, And wine of violence they drink.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
In Context
Cross References
Job 24:5Lo, wild asses in a wilderness, They have gone out about their work, Seeking early for prey, A mixture for himself — food for young ones.
Proverbs 9:17'Stolen waters are sweet, And hidden bread is pleasant.'
Isaiah 5:18Woe [to] those drawing out iniquity with cords of vanity, And as [with] thick ropes of the cart — sin.
Jeremiah 5:26For the wicked have been found among My people. It looketh about the covering of snares, They have set up a trap — men they capture.
Ezekiel 22:25A conspiracy of its prophets [is] in its midst, as a roaring lion tearing prey; The soul they have devoured, Wealth and glory they have taken, Its widows have multiplied in its midst.
Micah 3:5Thus said Jehovah concerning the prophets Who are causing My people to err, Who are biting with their teeth, And have cried 'Peace,' And he who doth not give unto their mouth, They have sanctified against him war.
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 →