Proverbs 4:14-19

Christian Standard Bible

¹⁴ Keep off the path of the wicked;^(A)
don’t proceed on the way of evil ones.
¹⁵ Avoid it; don’t travel on it.
Turn away from it, and pass it by.
¹⁶ For they can’t sleep
unless they have done what is evil;
they are robbed of sleep
unless they make someone stumble.^(B)
17 They eat the bread of wickedness
and drink the wine of violence.
¹⁸ The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,^(C)
shining brighter and brighter until midday.
¹⁹ But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom;^(D)
they don’t know what makes them stumble.^(E)