Proverbs 4:17

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Their food and drink are violence and cruelty.

Cross References

Micah 6:12

You rich people are violent, and everyone tells lies.

Psalm 14:4

Won't you evil people learn? You refuse to pray, and you gobble up the LORD's people.

Matthew 23:13

You Pharisees and teachers of the Law of Moses are in for trouble! You're nothing but show-offs. You lock people out of the kingdom of heaven. You won't go in yourselves, and you keep others from going in.

Zephaniah 3:3

Its officials are roaring lions, its judges are wolves; in the evening they attack, by morning nothing is left.

Micah 3:5

You lying prophets promise security for anyone who gives you food, but disaster for anyone who refuses to feed you. Here is what the LORD says to you prophets:

Proverbs 20:17

The food you get by cheating may taste delicious, but it turns to gravel.

Proverbs 9:17

“Stolen water tastes best, and the food you eat in secret tastes best of all.”

Proverbs 13:2

You will be well rewarded for saying something kind, but all some people think about is how to be cruel and mean.

Micah 7:3

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

Isaiah 5:18

You are in for trouble! The lies you tell are like ropes by which you drag along sin and evil.

Isaiah 5:20

You are headed for trouble! You say wrong is right, darkness is light, and bitter is sweet.

Jeremiah 9:4

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