Proverbs 4:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.”
Read Proverbs 4:16 in the flow of Proverbs4 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Proverbs4 to see the surrounding context.
“For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For they sleep not, except they do evil; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“For they sleep not if they do not evil, And their sleep hath been taken violently away, If they cause not <FI>some<Fi> to stumble.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 4:16 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 36:3The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing.
- Psalms 36:4Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil.
- Proverbs 1:16For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.
- Proverbs 2:14from those who enjoy doing evil and rejoice in the twistedness of evil,
- Isaiah 57:20But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its waves churn up mire and muck.
- Jeremiah 9:4“Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander.
- Micah 2:1Woe 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.
- Luke 22:66At 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,
- John 18:28Then they led Jesus away from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. By now it was early morning, and the Jews did not enter the Praetorium, to avoid being defiled and unable to eat the Passover.
- 2 Peter 2:14Their 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.
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