Proverbs 4:17

The Right Path

¹⁶ For they cannot sleep unless they do evil;
And they are robbed of sleep unless they make someone stumble.
¹⁷ For they eat the bread of wickedness
And drink the wine of violence.
¹⁸ But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,
That shines brighter and brighter until the full day.

Bread of Wickedness

Drink the Wine

Drink Wine

Job 24:5-6

“Behold, as wild donkeys in the wilderness
They go forth seeking food in their activity,
As bread for their children in the desert.

Psalm 14:4

Do all the workers of wickedness not know,
Who eat up my people as they eat bread,
And do not call upon the Lord?

Proverbs 9:17

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

Proverbs 20:17

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

Jeremiah 5:26-28

‘For wicked men are found among My people,
They watch like fowlers lying in wait;
They set a trap,
They catch men.

Ezekiel 22:25-29

There is a conspiracy of her prophets in her midst like a roaring lion tearing the prey. They have devoured lives; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows in the midst of her.

Amos 8:4-6

Hear this, you who trample the needy, to do away with the humble of the land,

Micah 3:5

Thus says the Lord concerning the prophets who lead my people astray;
When they have something to bite with their teeth,
They cry, “Peace,”
But against him who puts nothing in their mouths
They declare holy war.

Micah 6:12

“For the rich men of the city are full of violence,
Her residents speak lies,
And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

Zephaniah 3:3

Her princes within her are roaring lions,
Her judges are wolves at evening;
They leave nothing for the morning.

Matthew 23:13

“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you shut off the kingdom of heaven from people; for you do not enter in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.

James 5:4-5

Behold, the pay of the laborers who mowed your fields, and which has been withheld by you, cries out against you; and the outcry of those who did the harvesting has reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.