Proverbs 4:16

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

They can't sleep or rest until they do wrong or harm some innocent victim.

Cross References

Psalm 36:3

They tell deceitful lies, and they don't have the sense to live right.

Psalm 36:4

Those people stay awake, thinking up mischief, and they follow the wrong road, refusing to turn from sin.

Proverbs 1:16

They are in a big hurry to commit some crime, perhaps even murder.

Proverbs 2:14

Most of all they enjoy being mean and deceitful.

Proverbs 4:15

Turn aside and keep going. Stay away from them.

Isaiah 57:20

The wicked are a restless sea tossing up mud.

Jeremiah 9:4

Jeremiah, all your friends and relatives tell lies about you, so don't trust them.

Micah 2:1

Doomed! You're doomed! At night you lie in bed, making evil plans. And when morning comes, you do what you've planned because you have the power.

Micah 7:3

People cooperate to commit crime. Judges and leaders demand bribes, and rulers cheat in court.

Luke 22:66

At daybreak the nation's leaders, the chief priests, and the teachers of the Law of Moses got together and brought Jesus before their council.

John 18:28

It was early in the morning when Jesus was taken from Caiaphas to the building where the Roman governor stayed. But the crowd waited outside. Any of them who had gone inside would have become unclean and would not be allowed to eat the Passover meal.

2 Peter 2:14

All they think about is having sex with someone else's husband or wife. There is no end to their wicked deeds. They trick people who are easily fooled, and their minds are filled with greedy thoughts. But they are headed for trouble!