Proverbs 4:16

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“For they don’t sleep, unless they do evil. Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall.”

— WEB

“For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.”

— KJV

“For they sleep not, except they do evil; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.”

— ASV

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Psalms 36:4 "He plots iniquity on his bed. He sets himself in a way that is not good. He doesn’t abhor evil."
Micah 2:1 "Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil on their beds! When the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of …"
Isaiah 57:20 "But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it can’t rest, and its waters cast up mire and mud."
2 Peter 2:14 "having eyes full of adultery, and who can’t cease from sin; enticing unsettled souls; having a heart trained in greed; children of cursing;"
Proverbs 1:16 "for their feet run to evil. They hurry to shed blood."
Luke 22:66 "As soon as it was day, the assembly of the elders of the people were gathered together, both chief priests and scribes, and they led him …"
John 18:28 "They led Jesus therefore from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. It was early, and they themselves didn’t enter into the Praetorium, that they…"

Commentary

The reason is found in the character of sinners, whose zeal to do evil is forcibly depicted (Pro 6:4; Psa 36:5). They live by flagrant vices (Pro 1:13). Some prefer to render, "Their bread is wickedness, their drink violence" (compare Job 15:16; Job 34:7).

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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