Proverbs 4:16

Good News Translation

Wicked people cannot sleep unless they have done something wrong. They lie awake unless they have hurt someone.

Cross References

Psalm 36:3

Their speech is wicked and full of lies; they no longer do what is wise and good.

Psalm 36:4

They make evil plans as they lie in bed; nothing they do is good, and they never reject anything evil.

Proverbs 1:16

They can't wait to do something bad. They're always ready to kill.

Proverbs 2:14

those who find pleasure in doing wrong and who enjoy senseless evil,

Proverbs 4:15

Don't do it! Keep away from evil! Refuse it and go on your way.

Isaiah 57:20

But evil people are like the restless sea, whose waves never stop rolling in, bringing filth and muck.

Jeremiah 9:4

Everyone must be on guard against their friends, and no one can trust their relatives; for all relatives are as deceitful as Jacob, and everyone slanders their friends.

Micah 2:1

How terrible it will be for those who lie awake and plan evil! When morning comes, as soon as they have the chance, they do the evil they planned.

Micah 7:3

They are all experts at doing evil. Officials and judges ask for bribes. The influential people tell them what they want, and so they scheme together.

Luke 22:66

When day came, the elders, the chief priests, and the teachers of the Law met together, and Jesus was brought before the Council.

John 18:28

Early in the morning Jesus was taken from Caiaphas' house to the governor's palace. The Jewish authorities did not go inside the palace, for they wanted to keep themselves ritually clean, in order to be able to eat the Passover meal.

2 Peter 2:14

They want to look for nothing but the chance to commit adultery; their appetite for sin is never satisfied. They lead weak people into a trap. Their hearts are trained to be greedy. They are under God's curse!