Proverbs 4:17 - The Scriptures 1998

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

¹⁷ They eat the bread of evil, and they drink the wine of violence.

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Proverbs 4:17 Cross References

Psalm 14:4

Have all the workers of wickedness no knowledge, Who eat up my people as they eat bread, And do not call on יהוה ?

Proverbs 13:2

From the fruit of the mouth a man eats the good, But the desire of the treacherous is for violence.

Proverbs 20:17

Bread gained by deceit might be sweet to a man, But afterward his mouth is filled with gravel.

Proverbs 9:17

“Stolen waters are sweet, And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”

Isaiah 5:18

Woe to those who draw crookedness with cords of falsehood, and sin as with wagon ropes,

Isaiah 5:20

Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

Jeremiah 9:4

“Let everyone beware of his neighbour and not trust any brother. For every brother catches by the heel, and every neighbour walks with slanderers.

Micah 3:5

Thus said יהוה  concerning the prophets who lead my people astray, who are biting with their teeth and have called out, “Peace!” They even set apart a battle against him who does not give for their mouths.

Micah 6:12

“For her rich men are filled with cruel unrighteousness, and her inhabitants have spoken falsehood, and their tongue is deceit in their mouth.

Micah 7:3

Both hands are on the evil, to do it well. The prince asks for gifts, the judge seeks a bribe, and the great man speaks the desire of his being. And they weave it together.

Zephaniah 3:3

Her rulers in her midst are roaring lions, her judges are evening wolves, they shall leave no bone until morning.

Matthew 23:13

“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the reign of the heavens before men, for you do not go in, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.