"For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause {some} to fall." — Proverbs 4:16

Proverbs 4:16 · KJV

“For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause {some} to fall.”

— Proverbs 4:16

Verse 15

Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

Verse 17

For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

Proverbs 4 — Context

Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil {men}.

Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause {some} to fall.

For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

But the path of the just {is} as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

Cross References

Psalms 36:4

He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way {that is} not good; he abhorreth not evil. {mischief: or, vanity}

Micah 2:1

Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.

Isaiah 57:20

But the wicked {are} like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.

2 Peter 2:14

Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children: {adultery: Gr. an adulteress}

Proverbs 1:16

For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

Luke 22:66

And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their council, saying,

John 18:28

Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover. {the hall...: or, Pilate's house}