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


In Context

14 Into the path of the wicked enter not, And be not happy in a way of evil doers.

15 Avoid it, pass not over into it, Turn aside from it, and pass on.

16 For they sleep not if they do not evil, And their sleep hath been taken violently away, If they cause not some to stumble.

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

18 And the path of the righteous is as a shining light, Going and brightening till the day is established,

19 The way of the wicked is as darkness, They have not known at what they 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 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 American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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