Proverbs 4:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁶ For they can’t sleep unless they have done what is evil; they are robbed of sleep unless they make someone stumble.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ For they cannot sleep unless they have caused trouble or vexation; their sleep is taken away unless they have caused someone to fall.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ For they sleep not, except they do evil; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ They don’t sleep unless they do evil; they are robbed of sleep unless they make someone stumble.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ For they do not sleep, unless they have done evil. And their sleep is quickly taken away from them, unless they have overthrown.

Proverbs 4:16 Cross References

Proverbs 1:16

because their feet run towards evil and they hurry to shed blood.

Proverbs 2:14

from those who enjoy doing evil and celebrate perversion,

Proverbs 4:15

Avoid it; don’t travel on it. Turn away from it, and pass it by.

Isaiah 57:20

But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its water churns up mire and muck.

Jeremiah 9:4

Everyone has to be on guard against his friend. Don’t trust any brother, for every brother will certainly deceive, and every friend spread slander.

Micah 2:1

Woe to those who dream up wickedness and prepare evil plans  on their beds! At morning light  they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.

Micah 7:3

Both hands are good  at accomplishing evil: the official and the judge demand a bribe; when the powerful man communicates his evil desire, they plot it together.

Luke 22:66

When daylight came,  the elders  of the people, both the chief priests and the scribes,  convened and brought him before their Sanhedrin.

John 18:28

Then  they led Jesus from Caiaphas to the governor’s headquarters.  It was early morning. They did not enter the headquarters themselves; otherwise they would be defiled and unable to eat the Passover.

2 Peter 2:14

They have eyes full of adultery  that never stop looking for sin. They seduce unstable people and have hearts trained in greed. Children under a curse!