"For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence." — Proverbs 4:17

Proverbs 4:17 · KJV

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

— Proverbs 4:17

Verse 16

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

Verse 18

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

Proverbs 4 — Context

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.

The way of the wicked {is} as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

Cross References

James 5:4-5

Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth. {sabaoth: Heb. hosts}

Proverbs 20:17

Bread of deceit {is} sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. {deceit: Heb. lying, or, falsehood}

Psalms 14:4

Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people {as} they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.

Micah 6:12

For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue {is} deceitful in their mouth.

Proverbs 9:17

Stolen waters are sweet, and bread {eaten} in secret is pleasant. {eaten...: Heb. of secrecies}

Zephaniah 3:3

Her princes within her {are} roaring lions; her judges {are} evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.

Amos 8:4-6

Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,

Ezekiel 22:25-29

{There is} a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.