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


In Context

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

15 Avoid it, do not travel on it; turn from it and go on your way.

16 For they cannot sleep till they do evil; they are robbed of slumber till they make someone fall.

17 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 ever brighter till the full light of day.

19 But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know what makes them stumble.

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 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.