Proverbs 4:17 “For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.”

Proverbs 4:17

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

For they eate the breade of wickednesse, and drinke the wine of violence.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

For they have eaten bread of wickedness, And wine of violence they drink.

Bible in Basic English

The bread of evil-doing is their food, the wine of violent acts their drink.

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Cross references

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

Proverbs 9:17 Proverbs 20:17 Psalm 14:4 Micah 6:12 Jeremiah 5:26–28 Ezekiel 22:25–29

Proverbs 9:17 · BSB

“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!”

Proverbs 20:17 · BSB

Food gained by fraud is sweet to a man, but later his mouth is full of gravel.

Psalm 14:4 · BSB

Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon the LORD.

Micah 6:12 · BSB

For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.

Jeremiah 5:26–28 · BSB

For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.

Ezekiel 22:25–29 · BSB

The conspiracy of the princes in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing its prey. They devour the people, seize the treasures and precious things, and multiply the widows within her.

Also

Matthew 23:13

Matthew 23:13 · BSB

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.

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

In context

16For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.

18The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.

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