Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version They eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence. New Living Translation They eat the food of wickedness and drink the wine of violence! English Standard Version For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence. Berean Standard Bible For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence. King James Bible For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. New King James Version For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence. New American Standard Bible For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence. NASB 1995 For they eat the bread of wickedness And drink the wine of violence. NASB 1977 For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence. Legacy Standard Bible For they eat the bread of wickedness And drink the wine of violence. Amplified Bible For they eat the bread of wickedness And drink the wine of violence. Christian Standard Bible They eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence. Holman Christian Standard Bible They eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence. American Standard Version For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence. Contemporary English Version Their food and drink are cruelty and wickedness. English Revised Version For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. GOD'S WORD® Translation They eat food obtained through wrongdoing and drink wine obtained through violence. Good News Translation Wickedness and violence are like food and drink to them. International Standard Version For they eat the bread of wickedness, and they drink the wine of violence. Majority Standard Bible For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence. NET Bible For they eat bread gained from wickedness and drink wine obtained from violence. New Heart English Bible For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. Webster's Bible Translation For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. World English Bible For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionFor they have eaten bread of wickedness, "" And they drink wine of violence. Young's Literal Translation For they have eaten bread of wickedness, And wine of violence they drink. Smith's Literal Translation For they ate the bread of injustice, and they will drink the wine of violences: Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThey eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of iniquity. Catholic Public Domain Version They eat the bread of impiety, and they drink the wine of iniquity. New American Bible For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence. New Revised Standard Version For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleFor they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Because their food is the food of evil and they drink the wine of depravity. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence. Brenton Septuagint Translation For these live upon the bread of ungodliness, and are drunken with wine of transgression. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context A Father's Instruction…16For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall. 17For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence. 18The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.… Cross References Isaiah 59:7 Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake. Micah 3:2-3 You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones. / You eat the flesh of my people after stripping off their skin and breaking their bones. You chop them up like flesh for the cooking pot, like meat in a cauldron.” Romans 3:15-17 “Their feet are swift to shed blood; / ruin and misery lie in their wake, / and the way of peace they have not known.” Isaiah 5:22-23 Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine and champions in mixing strong drink, / who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice. Habakkuk 2:15-16 Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbors, pouring it from the wineskin until they are drunk, in order to gaze at their nakedness! / You will be filled with shame instead of glory. You too must drink and expose your uncircumcision! The cup in the LORD’s right hand will come around to you, and utter disgrace will cover your glory. Jeremiah 22:13 “Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and fails to pay their wages, Matthew 23:25 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. Isaiah 28:7-8 These also stagger from wine and stumble from strong drink: Priests and prophets reel from strong drink and are befuddled by wine. They stumble because of strong drink, muddled in their visions and stumbling in their judgments. / For all their tables are covered with vomit; there is not a place without filth. 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, / nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. Isaiah 1:23 Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them. Amos 2:8 They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge. And in the house of their God, they drink wine obtained through fines. Ephesians 5:18 Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit. Isaiah 10:1-2 Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees, / to deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey and orphans their plunder. 1 Peter 4:3 For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry. Ezekiel 22:12 In you they take bribes to shed blood. You engage in usury, take excess interest, and extort your neighbors. But Me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD. Treasury of Scripture For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. Proverbs 9:17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. Proverbs 20:17 Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. Job 24:5,6 Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children… Jump to Previous Acts Bread Drink Eat Eaten Evil-Doing Food Violence Violent Wickedness WineJump to Next Acts Bread Drink Eat Eaten Evil-Doing Food Violence Violent Wickedness WineProverbs 4 1. persuades to wisdom14. and to show wickedness 20. He exhorts to sanctification For they eat the bread of wickedness This phrase suggests a habitual consumption of evil, indicating that wickedness is as essential to these individuals as food. In biblical times, bread was a staple of the diet, symbolizing sustenance and life. The metaphor implies that wickedness is deeply ingrained in their daily lives. This concept is echoed in Psalm 14:4, where evildoers are described as those who "eat up my people as they eat bread." The imagery of eating wickedness suggests a willful and continuous engagement in sinful behavior, highlighting the moral corruption that pervades their existence. and drink the wine of violence. Persons / Places / Events 1. SolomonThe author of Proverbs, known for his wisdom, who imparts teachings to his son and others seeking wisdom. 2. The Wicked Those who live in opposition to God's ways, characterized by their consumption of wickedness and violence. 3. The Path of Wisdom The broader context of Proverbs 4, contrasting the way of the righteous with the way of the wicked. Teaching Points The Nature of WickednessWickedness is not just an action but a sustenance for those who reject God's wisdom. It becomes their "bread" and "wine," indicating a habitual lifestyle. The Consequences of Violence Engaging in violence is akin to drinking wine; it can intoxicate and control a person, leading them further away from God's path. The Call to Discernment Believers are called to discern what they consume, both physically and spiritually, ensuring it aligns with God's righteousness. The Importance of Wisdom Proverbs 4 emphasizes the pursuit of wisdom as a safeguard against the allure of wickedness and violence. Living Counter-Culturally In a world that often glorifies violence and wickedness, Christians are called to live differently, seeking peace and righteousness.(17) The bread of wickedness.--i.e., acquired by wickedness, as (Proverbs 10:2) "treasures of wickedness."Verse 17. - For (ki, equivalent to the Greek γὰρ) is here explanatory. It serves not so much to introduce another independent statement, as one which accounts for the statement made in the preceding verse, that the wicked sleep not unless they have done mischief, i.e. it states the reason why they are so conditioned. There is no comparison expressed in the original, as the rendering adopted by Schultens and others implies, "For wickedness do they eat as bread, and violence do they drink as wine," which is evidently based on Job 15:16, "Which drinketh up iniquity like water," and Job 34:7, "Who drinketh up scorning like water." The literal rendering is, for they eat the bread of wickedness, and the wine of violence do they drink. The bread of wickedness (lekhem resha) is not bread which consists in wickedness, but bread which is obtained by wickedness, just as the wine of violence (yiyin khamasim) is not the wine which produces violence, but the wine that is procured by violent dee,is. Their support, what they eat and drink, is obtained by wickedness and injustice. They live by wrong. For such expressions as "the bread of wickedness" and "the wine of violence," cf. Deuteronomy 16:3, "the bread of affliction;" Psalm 127:2, "the bread of sorrows;" and Amos 2:8, "the wine of the condemned." There is a charade of tense in the verbs, the first being perfect, "they have eaten," and the second future, "they shall drink," which Delitzsch explains as representing the twofold act - first eating the bread, and then washing it down with wine. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew sinceכִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction they eat לָ֭חֲמוּ (lā·ḥă·mū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 3898: To feed on, to consume, to battle the bread לֶ֣חֶם (le·ḥem) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3899: Food, bread, grain of wickedness רֶ֑שַׁע (re·ša‘) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7562: Wickedness and drink יִשְׁתּֽוּ׃ (yiš·tū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 8354: To imbibe the wine וְיֵ֖ין (wə·yên) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3196: Wine, intoxication of violence. חֲמָסִ֣ים (ḥă·mā·sîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 2555: Violence, wrong, by meton, unjust gain Links Proverbs 4:17 NIVProverbs 4:17 NLT Proverbs 4:17 ESV Proverbs 4:17 NASB Proverbs 4:17 KJV Proverbs 4:17 BibleApps.com Proverbs 4:17 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 4:17 Chinese Bible Proverbs 4:17 French Bible Proverbs 4:17 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 4:17 For they eat the bread of wickedness (Prov. 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