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


In Context

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.

16 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.

19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

Proverbs 4:17 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

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

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.