Proverbs 4:14-19
1599 Geneva Bible
14 ¶ Enter not into the way of the wicked, and walk not in the way of evil men.
15 Avoid it, and go not by it: turn from it, and pass by.
16 For they cannot [a]sleep, except they have done evil, and their sleep departeth except they cause some to fall.
17 For they eat the bread of [b]wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
18 But the way of the righteous shineth as the light, that [c]shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
19 The way of the wicked is as the darkness: they know not wherein they shall fall.
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- Proverbs 4:16 Meaning, that to do evil is more proper and natural to the wicked than to sleep, eat or drink.
- Proverbs 4:17 Gotten by wicked means and cruel oppression.
- Proverbs 4:18 Signifying, that the godly increase daily in knowledge and perfection, till they come to full perfection, which is when they shall be joined to their head in the heavens.
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