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Proverbs 4:16

Sin

14 Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.

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

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.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.
KJV
For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
WEB
For they don’t sleep unless they do evil. Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall.
ASV
For they sleep not, except they do evil; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
DARBY
For they sleep not except they have done mischief, and their sleep is taken away unless they have caused [some] to fall.
BLB
For they cannot sleep if they have not done evil; and their sleep is stolen if they do not they cause stumbling.
ÅB
For de får ikke sove uten de har gjort noe ondt, og søvnen tas fra dem om de ikke har ført noen til fall.
OTB
For de kan ikke sove uten å gjøre ondt; de frarøves søvn inntil de får noen til å snuble.
B1930
For de får ikke sove uten de har gjort noget ondt, og søvnen tas fra dem om de ikke har ført nogen til fall.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 36:4

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

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  • Micah 2:1

    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.

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  • Isaiah 57:20

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

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  • 2 Peter 2:14

    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.

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  • Proverbs 1:16

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

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  • Luke 22:66

    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,

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  • John 18:28

    Then 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.

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