Proverbs 4:16

New Century Version

because they cannot sleep until they do evil. They cannot rest until they harm someone.

Cross References

Psalm 36:3

Their words are wicked lies; they are no longer wise or good.

Psalm 36:4

At night they make evil plans; what they do leads to nothing good. They don’t refuse things that are evil.

Proverbs 1:16

They are eager to do evil and are quick to kill.

Proverbs 2:14

They enjoy doing wrong and are happy to do what is crooked and evil.

Proverbs 4:15

Avoid their ways, and don’t follow them. Stay away from them and keep on going,

Isaiah 57:20

But evil people are like the angry sea, which cannot rest, whose waves toss up waste and mud.

Jeremiah 9:4

“Watch out for your friends, and don’t trust your own relatives, because every relative is a cheater, and every friend tells lies about you.

Micah 2:1

How terrible it will be for people who plan wickedness, who lie on their beds and make evil plans. When the morning light comes, they do what they planned, because they have the power to do so.

Micah 7:3

With both hands they are doing evil. Rulers ask for money, and judges’ decisions are bought for a price. Rich people tell what they want, and they get it.

Luke 22:66

When day came, the council of the elders of the people, both the leading priests and the teachers of the law, came together and led Jesus to their highest court.

John 18:28

Early in the morning they led Jesus from Caiaphas’s house to the Roman governor’s palace. They would not go inside the palace, because they did not want to make themselves unclean; they wanted to eat the Passover meal.

Acts 24:7

But the officer Lysias came and used much force to take him from us.

2 Peter 2:14

Every time they look at a woman they want her, and their desire for sin is never satisfied. They lead weak people into the trap of sin, and they have taught their hearts to be greedy. God will punish them!