Proverbs 4:16 “For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumbe…”

Proverbs 4:16

For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

For they don’t sleep unless they do evil. Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall.

American Standard Version

For they sleep not, except they do evil; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

Geneva Bible 1599

For they can not sleepe, except they haue done euill, and their sleepe departeth except they cause some to fall.

Darby Translation

For they sleep not except they have done mischief, and their sleep is taken away unless they have caused [some] to fall.

Young's Literal Translation

For they sleep not if they do not evil, And their sleep hath been taken violently away, If they cause not [some] to stumble.

Bible in Basic English

For they take no rest till they have done evil; their sleep is taken away if they have not been the cause of someone's fall.

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Cross references

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

Psalm 36:4 Micah 2:1 Isaiah 57:20 2 Peter 2:14 Proverbs 1:16 Luke 22:66

Psalm 36:4 · BSB

Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil.

Micah 2:1 · BSB

Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.

Isaiah 57:20 · BSB

But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its waves churn up mire and muck.

2 Peter 2:14 · BSB

Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.

Proverbs 1:16 · BSB

For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.

Luke 22:66 · BSB

At daybreak the council of the elders of the people, both the chief priests and scribes, met together. They led Jesus into their Sanhedrin and said,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

15Avoid it; do not travel on it. Turn from it and pass on by.

17For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

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