Proverbs 4:17

Easy To Read Version

Those people can’t live without doing evil and hurting other people.

Cross References

Psalm 14:4

Bad people have destroyed my people.\par And those bad people don’t know God.\par Bad people have plenty of food to eat. {\cf2\super [76]} \par And they don’t even worship the Lord.\par

Proverbs 13:2

Good people are rewarded for the good things they say. But evil people always want to do wrong.

Proverbs 20:17

If you get something by cheating, it may seem like a good thing. But in the end it will be worth nothing.

Proverbs 9:17

But she (Foolishness) says, “If you steal water, it tastes better than your own. If you steal bread, it tastes better than the bread you cook yourself.”

Isaiah 5:18

Look at those people! They pull their guilt and sins behind them like people pull wagons with ropes. {\cf2\super [54]}

Isaiah 5:20

Those people say that good things are bad, and bad things are good. Those people think light is darkness, and darkness is light. Those people think sour is sweet, and sweet is sour.

Jeremiah 9:4

“Watch your neighbors!\par Don’t trust your own brothers!\par Why? Because every brother is a cheat.\par Every neighbor talks behind your back.\par

Micah 3:5

Some false prophets are telling lies to the Lord’s people. The Lord says this about those prophets:

Micah 6:12

Rich people in that city are still cruel!\par The people in that city still tell lies.\par Yes, those people tell their lies!\par

Micah 7:3

People are good at doing bad things\par with both hands.\par Officials ask for bribes.\par Judges take money\par to change their decisions in court.\par “Important leaders” \{don’t make\par good and fair decisions\}.\par They do whatever they want to do.\par

Zephaniah 3:3

Jerusalem’s leaders are like roaring lions. Her judges {\cf2\super [19]} are like hungry wolves that come in the evening \{to attack the sheep\}—and in the morning nothing is left.

Matthew 23:13

“It will be bad for you teachers of the law and Pharisees. {\cf2\super [333]} You are hypocrites. {\cf2\super [334]} You close the way for people to enter the kingdom of heaven. You yourselves don’t enter, and you stop the people that are trying to enter.