Proverbs 4:19
The way of the wicked [is] as darkness, They have not known at what they stumble.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
In Context
20My son, to my words give attention, To my sayings incline thine ear,
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:9The feet of His saints He keepeth, And the wicked in darkness are silent, For not by power doth man become mighty.
Job 12:25They feel darkness, and not light, He causeth them to wander as a drunkard.
Job 18:18They thrust him from light unto darkness, And from the habitable earth cast him out.
Proverbs 2:13Who are forsaking paths of uprightness, To walk in ways of darkness,
Isaiah 59:9Therefore hath judgment been far from us, And righteousness reacheth us not, We wait for light, and lo, darkness, For brightness — in thick darkness we go,
Jeremiah 13:16Give ye to Jehovah your God honour, Before He doth cause darkness, And before your feet stumble on dark mountains, And ye have waited for light, And He hath made it for death-shade, And hath appointed [it] for thick 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 →