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Proverbs 4:19

SinWisdom

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.

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

20 My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.

21 Do not lose sight of them; keep them within your heart.

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BSB
But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.
KJV
The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
WEB
The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don’t know what they stumble over.
ASV
The way of the wicked is as darkness: They know not at what they stumble.
DARBY
The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
BLB
The way of the wicked [is] like the darkness—they do not know over what they stumble.
ÅB
De ugudeliges vei er som det dype mørke; de vet ikke hva de snubler over.
OTB
De ondes vei er som dyp mørke; de vet ikke hva som får dem til å snuble.
B1930
De ugudeliges vei er som det dype mørke; de vet ikke hvad de snubler over.

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Cross references

  • John 12:35

    Then Jesus told them, “For a little while longer, the Light will be among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

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  • Isaiah 59:9–10

    Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom.

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  • Jeremiah 23:12

    “Therefore their path will become slick; they will be driven away into the darkness and fall into it. For I will bring disaster upon them in the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.

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  • Job 18:5–6

    Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.

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  • 1 Samuel 2:9

    He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.

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  • Jeremiah 13:16

    Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.

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  • John 11:10

    But if anyone walks at night, he will stumble, because he has no light.”

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  • Proverbs 2:13

    from those who leave the straight paths to walk in the ways of darkness,

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