Proverbs 4:17
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
For they eate the bread of wickednesse, and drinke the wine of violence.
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- James 5:4–5Rank 1 from verse 17
4Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
5Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
4Beholde, the hire of the labourers which haue reaped downe your fieldes, which is of you kept backe by fraud, cryeth: and the cryes of them which haue reaped, are entred into the eares of the Lord of Sabaoth.
5Yee haue liued in pleasure on the earth, and bene wanton: ye haue nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter:
- Micah 6:12Rank 2 from verse 17
- Proverbs 20:17Rank 3 from verse 17
- Proverbs 9:17Rank 4 from verse 17
- Psalms 14:4Rank 5 from verse 17
- Amos 8:4–6Rank 6 from verse 17
4¶ Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
5Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?
6That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
4¶ Heare this, O ye that swallow vp the needy, euen to make the poore of the land to faile,
5Saying, When will the ‖newe Moone be gone, that we may sell corne? and the Sabbath, that wee may †set forth wheat, making the Ephah small, and the shekel great, and †falsifying the balances by deceit?
6That wee may *buy the poore for siluer, & the needie for a paire of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheate?
- Ezekiel 22:25–29Rank 7 from verse 17
25There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.
26Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
27Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
28And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord God, when the Lord hath not spoken.
29The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
25* There is a conspiracie of her prophets in the middest thereof like a roaring lyon, rauening the praye: they haue deuoured soules: they haue taken the treasure and precious things: they haue made her many widowes in the midst thereof.
26†Her priests haue violated my law, and haue prophaned mine holy things: they haue put no difference betweene the holy and prophane, neither haue they shewed difference between the vncleane and the cleane, and haue hid their eyes from my Sabbaths, and I am prophaned among them.
27*Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolues rauening the praye, to shed blood, and to destroy soules, to get dishonest gaine.
28And her prophets haue dawbed them with vntempered morter, seeing vanity, and diuining lies vnto them, saying, Thus saith the LORD God, when the LORD hath not spoken.
29‖†The people of the land haue vsed oppression, and exercised robbery, and haue vexed the poore and needie: yea, they haue oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
- Jeremiah 5:26–28Rank 8 from verse 17
26For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
27As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
28They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
26‖For among my people are found wicked men: they lay waite as hee that setteth snares, they set a trap, they catch men.
27‖As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
28**They are waxen fat, they shine: yea they ouerpasse the deedes of the wicked: they iudge not the cause, the cause of the fatherlesse, yet they prosper: and the right of the needy doe they not iudge.
- Job 24:5–6Rank 9 from verse 17
5Behold, 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.
6They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.
5Behold, as wilde asses in the desart, goe they foorth to their worke, rising betimes for a pray: the wildernes yeeldeth food for them, and for their children.
6They reape euery one his †corne in the fielde: and †they gather the vintage of the wicked.
- Matthew 23:13Rank 10 from verse 17
13¶ But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
13¶ But *woe vnto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; for yee shut vp the kingdom of heauen against men: For yee neither goe in your selues, neither suffer ye them that are entring, to goe in.
5¶ Thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.
5¶ *Thus saith the LORD concerning the Prophets that make my people erre, that bite with their teeth and crie; Peace: and he that putteth not into their mouths, they euen prepare warre against him:
- Zephaniah 3:3Rank 12 from verse 17
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Proverbs 4:17
1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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To take food into the body; to consume, devour, or waste away.
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wickedness
Moral evil, sin, iniquity, injustice, perversity, or corrupt intent or conduct.
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The produce of grapes or other fruit used as a drink.
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4:14¶ Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.
4:14¶ *Enter not into the path of the wicked, and goe not in the way of euill men.
4:15Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
4:15Auoid it, passe not by it, turne from it, and passe away.
4:16For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
4:16For they sleepe not except they haue done mischiefe: and their sleepe is taken away vnlesse they cause some to fall.
4:17For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
4:17For they eate the bread of wickednesse, and drinke the wine of violence.
Selected passage4:18But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
4:18But the path of the iust is as the shining light that shineth more and more vnto the perfect day.
4:19The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
4:19The way of the wicked is as darknes: they know not at what they stumble.