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Proverbs 4:16

Sin

14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.

15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

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

18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

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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

    He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.

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  • Micah 2:1

    Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.

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  • Isaiah 57:20

    But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.

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  • 2 Peter 2:14

    Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:

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  • Proverbs 1:16

    For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

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  • Luke 22:66

    And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their council, saying,

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  • John 18:28

    Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.

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