Proverbs 4:17

New King James Version

For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence.

Cross References

Micah 6:12

For her rich men are full of violence, Her inhabitants have spoken lies, And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

Psalm 14:4

Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, Who eat up my people as they eat bread, And do not call on the Lord?

Matthew 23:13

“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither go in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.

Zephaniah 3:3

Her princes in her midst are roaring lions; Her judges are evening wolves That leave not a bone till morning.

Micah 3:5

Thus says the Lord concerning the prophets Who make my people stray; Who chant “Peace” While they chew with their teeth, But who prepare war against him Who puts nothing into their mouths:

Proverbs 20:17

Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.

Proverbs 9:17

“Stolen water is sweet, And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”

Proverbs 13:2

A man shall eat well by the fruit of his mouth, But the soul of the unfaithful feeds on violence.

Micah 7:3

That they may successfully do evil with both hands— The prince asks for gifts, The judge seeks a bribe, And the great man utters his evil desire; So they scheme together.

Isaiah 5:18

Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of vanity, And sin as if with a cart rope;

Isaiah 5:20

Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

Jeremiah 9:4

“Everyone take heed to his neighbor, And do not trust any brother; For every brother will utterly supplant, And every neighbor will walk with slanderers.