Proverbs 4:19
The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
The way of the wicked is as darknes: they know not at what they stumble.
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- John 12:35Rank 1 from verse 19
35Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
35Then Iesus said vnto them, Yet a little while is the light with you: walke while ye haue the light, lest darkdesse come vpon you: For he that walketh in darkenesse, knoweth not whither he goeth.
- Isaiah 59:9–10Rank 2 from verse 19
9¶ Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.
10We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.
9¶ Therefore is iudgement farre from vs, neither doth iustice ouertake vs: we waite for light, but behold obscuritie, for brightnesse, but we walke in darknesse.
10We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eies: we stumble at noone day as in the night, we are in desolate places as dead men.
- Jeremiah 23:12Rank 3 from verse 19
12Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the Lord.
12Wherefore their way shalbe vnto them as slippery wayes in the darkenes: they shalbe driuen on and fall therein: for I will bring euill vpon them, euen the yeere of their visitation, saith the LORD.
- Job 18:5–6Rank 4 from verse 19
5Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
6The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.
5Yea, the light of the wicked shalbe put out, and the sparke of his fire shall not shine.
6The light shalbe darke in his tabernacle, and his ‖candle shalbe put out with him.
- 1 Samuel 2:9Rank 5 from verse 19
- Jeremiah 13:16Rank 6 from verse 19
16Give glory to the Lord your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
16*Giue glory to the LORD your God before he cause darknesse, and before your feet stumble vpon the darke mountaines, and while yee looke for light, he turne it into the shadowe of death, and make it grosse darkenesse.
- John 11:10Rank 10 from verse 19
- Matthew 7:23Rank 11 from verse 19
- Proverbs 2:13Rank 12 from verse 19
- 1 John 2:11Rank 13 from verse 19
11But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
11But he that hateth his brother, is in darknesse, and walketh in darknesse, and knoweth not whither hee goeth, because that darknesse hath blinded his eyes.
- Matthew 15:14Rank 14 from verse 19
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Proverbs 4:19
Sense 1: Absence of light. Sense 2: Obscurity, ignorance, distress, or moral evil by figure.
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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.
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Sense 1: To trip, lose footing, or fall by striking against something. Sense 2: To err, fall, or be hindered figuratively. Sense 3: To cause another to trip, fall, err, or be hindered.
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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.
4:18But 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.
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