17They eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of iniquity.


In Context

14 Be not delighted in the paths of the wicked, neither let the way of evil men please thee.

15 Flee from it, pass not by it: go aside, and forsake it.

16 For they sleep not except they have done evil: and their sleep is taken away unless they have made some to fall.

17 They eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of iniquity.

18 But the path of the just, as a shining light, goeth forwards and increaseth even to perfect day.

19 The way of the wicked is darksome: they know not where they fall.

Proverbs 4:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:17For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:17They eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:17For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:17For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:17For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:17For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:17For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:17For they have eaten bread of wickedness, And wine of violence they drink.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:17For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.