Proverbs 4:16

New English Translation

For they cannot sleep unless they cause harm; they are robbed of sleep until they make someone stumble.

Cross References

Psalm 36:3

The words he speaks are sinful and deceitful; he does not care about doing what is wise and right.

Psalm 36:4

He plans ways to sin while he lies in bed; he is committed to a sinful lifestyle; he does not reject what is evil.

Proverbs 1:16

for they are eager to inflict harm, and they hasten to shed blood.

Proverbs 2:14

who delight in doing evil, they rejoice in perverse evil;

Proverbs 4:15

Avoid it, do not go on it; turn away from it, and go on.

Isaiah 57:20

But the wicked are like a surging sea that is unable to be quiet; its waves toss up mud and sand.

Jeremiah 9:4

Everyone must be on his guard around his friends. He must not even trust any of his relatives. For every one of them will find some way to cheat him. And all of his friends will tell lies about him.

Micah 2:1

Those who devise sinful plans are as good as dead, those who dream about doing evil as they lie in bed. As soon as morning dawns they carry out their plans, because they have the power to do so.

Micah 7:3

They are determined to be experts at doing evil; government officials and judges take bribes, prominent men make demands, and they all do what is necessary to satisfy them.

Luke 22:66

When day came, the council of the elders of the people gathered together, both the chief priests and the experts in the law. Then they led Jesus away to their council

John 18:28

Then they brought Jesus from Caiaphas to the Roman governor’s residence. (Now it was very early morning.) They did not go into the governor’s residence so they would not be ceremonially defiled, but could eat the Passover meal.

2 Peter 2:14

Their eyes, full of adultery, never stop sinning; they entice unstable people. They have trained their hearts for greed, these cursed children!