Proverbs 4:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.”
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BSBPD
“For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“For they have eaten bread of wickedness, And wine of violence they drink.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Proverbs 4:17 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 24:5Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work foraging for food; the wasteland is food for their children.
- Psalms 14:4Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon the LORD.
- Proverbs 9:17“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!”
- Proverbs 20:17Food gained by fraud is sweet to a man, but later his mouth is full of gravel.
- Isaiah 5:18Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of deceit and pull sin along with cart ropes,
- Isaiah 5:20Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter.
- Jeremiah 5:26For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.
- Jeremiah 9:4“Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander.
- Ezekiel 22:25The 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.
- Amos 8:4Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,
- Micah 3:5This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead My people astray, who proclaim peace while they chew with their teeth, but declare war against one who puts nothing in their mouths:
- Micah 6:12For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.
- Zephaniah 3:3Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning.
- Matthew 23:13Woe 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.
- James 5:4Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
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