Proverbs 4:17

In 11 translations

BSB

For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

KJV

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

WEB

For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

ASV

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

LSV

For they have eaten bread of wickedness, || And they drink wine of violence.

YLT

For they have eaten bread of wickedness, And wine of violence they drink.

DBY

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

DRC

They eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of iniquity.

GNV

For they eate the breade of wickednesse, and drinke the wine of violence.

JPS

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

LXXE

For these live upon the bread of ungodliness, and are drunken with wine of transgression.

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Original-language editions

WLC

כִּ֣י לָ֭חֲמוּ לֶ֣חֶם רֶ֑שַׁע וְיֵ֖ין חֲמָסִ֣ים יִשְׁתּֽוּ׃

LXX-Br

Οἵδε γὰρ σιτοῦνται σῖτα ἀσεβείας, οἴνῳ δὲ παρανόμῳ μεθύσκονται.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 14:4Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon the LORD.
• James 5:4–5Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts. You have lived on earth in luxury and…
• Micah 6:12For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.
• Proverbs 9:17“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!”
• Proverbs 20:17Food gained by fraud is sweet to a man, but later his mouth is full of gravel.
• Job 24:5–6Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work foraging for food; the wasteland is food for their children. They gather fodder in the fields and glean the vineyards of the wicked.
• Matthew 23:13Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.
• Jeremiah 5:26–28For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men. Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich. They…
• Zephaniah 3:3Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning.
• Micah 3:5This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead My people astray, who proclaim peace while they chew with their teeth, but declare war against one who puts nothing in their mouths:
• Ezekiel 22:25–29The conspiracy of the princes in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing its prey. They devour the people, seize the treasures and precious things, and multiply the widows within her. Her priests do violence to My law…
• Amos 8:4–6Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land, asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah…

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