Proverbs 4:17

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Proverbs 4:17

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Berean Standard Bible

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

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

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

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Proverbs 4

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

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

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

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

¹⁹ But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.

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