Proverbs 4:16

God's Word

Wicked people cannot sleep unless they do wrong, and they are robbed of their sleep unless they make someone stumble.

Cross References

Psalm 36:3

The words from his mouth are ⌞nothing but⌟ trouble and deception. He has stopped doing what is wise and good.

Psalm 36:4

He invents trouble while lying on his bed and chooses to go the wrong direction. He does not reject evil.

Proverbs 1:16

because they rush to do evil and hurry to shed blood.

Proverbs 2:14

from those who enjoy doing evil, from those who find joy in the deviousness of evil.

Proverbs 4:15

Avoid it. Do not walk near it. Turn away from it, and keep on walking.

Isaiah 57:20

But the wicked are like the churning sea. It isn’t quiet, and its water throws up mud and slime.

Jeremiah 9:4

“Beware of your neighbors. Don’t trust your relatives. Every relative cheats. Every neighbor goes around slandering.

Micah 2:1

How horrible it will be for those who invent trouble and work out plans for disaster while in bed. When the morning dawns, they carry out their plans because they are able to.

Micah 7:3

Their hands are skilled in doing evil. Officials ask for gifts. Judges accept bribes. Powerful people dictate what they want. So they scheme together.

Luke 22:66

In the morning the council of the people’s leaders, the chief priests and the experts in Moses’ Teachings, gathered together. They brought Jesus in front of their highest court and asked him,

John 18:28

Early in the morning, Jesus was taken from Caiaphas’ house to the governor’s palace. The Jews wouldn’t go into the palace. They didn’t want to become unclean, since they wanted to eat the Passover.

2 Peter 2:14

They’re always looking for an adulterous woman. They can’t stop looking for sin as they seduce people who aren’t sure of what they believe. Their minds are focused on their greed. They are cursed.