Bad people have destroyed my people.\par And those bad people don’t know God.\par Bad people have plenty of food to eat. {\cf2\super [76]} \par And they don’t even worship the Lord.\par
Proverbs 4:17 - Easy To Read Version Those people can’t live without doing evil and hurting other people. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence. American Standard Version (1901) For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence. Common English Bible They eat the bread of evil, and they drink the wine of violence. Catholic Public Domain Version They eat the bread of impiety, and they drink the wine of iniquity. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of iniquity. |
Bad people have destroyed my people.\par And those bad people don’t know God.\par Bad people have plenty of food to eat. {\cf2\super [76]} \par And they don’t even worship the Lord.\par
Good people are rewarded for the good things they say. But evil people always want to do wrong.
If you get something by cheating, it may seem like a good thing. But in the end it will be worth nothing.
But she (Foolishness) says, “If you steal water, it tastes better than your own. If you steal bread, it tastes better than the bread you cook yourself.”
Look at those people! They pull their guilt and sins behind them like people pull wagons with ropes. {\cf2\super [54]}
Those people say that good things are bad, and bad things are good. Those people think light is darkness, and darkness is light. Those people think sour is sweet, and sweet is sour.
“Watch your neighbors!\par Don’t trust your own brothers!\par Why? Because every brother is a cheat.\par Every neighbor talks behind your back.\par
Some false prophets are telling lies to the Lord’s people. The Lord says this about those prophets:
Rich people in that city are still cruel!\par The people in that city still tell lies.\par Yes, those people tell their lies!\par
People are good at doing bad things\par with both hands.\par Officials ask for bribes.\par Judges take money\par to change their decisions in court.\par “Important leaders” \{don’t make\par good and fair decisions\}.\par They do whatever they want to do.\par
Jerusalem’s leaders are like roaring lions. Her judges {\cf2\super [19]} are like hungry wolves that come in the evening \{to attack the sheep\}—and in the morning nothing is left.
“It will be bad for you teachers of the law and Pharisees. {\cf2\super [333]} You are hypocrites. {\cf2\super [334]} You close the way for people to enter the kingdom of heaven. You yourselves don’t enter, and you stop the people that are trying to enter.