Proverbs 4:17–19

17 They eat the bread of wickedness

and drink the wine of violence.

18 The path of the righteous is like the morning sun,

shining ever brighter till the full light of day.

19 But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness;

they do not know what makes them stumble.

17 For they eat the bread of wickedness

and drink the wine of violence.

18 But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,

which shines brighter and brighter until full day.

19 The way of the wicked is like deep darkness;

they do not know over what they stumble.

17 For they eat the bread of wickedness,

And drink the wine of violence.

18 But the path of the just is as the shining light,

That shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

19 The way of the wicked is as darkness:

They know not at what they stumble.

17 For they eat the bread of wickedness,

And drink the wine of violence.

18 But the path of the just is like the shining sun,

That shines ever brighter unto the perfect day.

19 The way of the wicked is like darkness;

They do not know what makes them stumble.

17 They feast on wickedness and cruelty

as if they were eating bread and drinking wine.

18 The way of the good person is like the light of dawn,

growing brighter and brighter until full daylight.

19 But the wicked walk around in the dark;

they can’t even see what makes them stumble.

17 For they eat the bread of wickedness,

And drink the wine of violence.

18 But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light,

That shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

19 The way of the wicked is as darkness:

They know not at what they stumble.

17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. 18 But the path of the righteous is as the shining light, going on and brightening until the day be fully come. 19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

17 They eat food obtained through wrongdoing 

and drink wine obtained through violence. 

18 But the path of righteous people is like the light of dawn 

that becomes brighter and brighter until it reaches midday. 

19 The way of wicked people is like deep darkness. 

They do not know what makes them stumble. 

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,

shining brighter and brighter until midday.

19 But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom;

they don’t know what makes them stumble.

17 For they eat the bread of wickedness

and drink the wine of violence.

18 But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,

which shines brighter and brighter until full day.

19 The way of the wicked is like deep darkness;

they do not know what they stumble over.

17 For they ate the bread of wickedness,

and they drank the wine of violence.

18 But the path of the righteous ones is like the light of dawn,

leading and shining until the day is full.

19 The way of the wicked ones is like deep darkness;

they do not know what they stumble over.

17 They do evil just as easily as they eat food.

They hurt others as easily as they drink wine.

18 The path of those who do what is right is like the first gleam of dawn.

It shines brighter and brighter until the full light of day.

19 But the way of those who do what is wrong is like deep darkness.

They don’t know what makes them trip and fall.

17 For they eat the bread of wickedness

And drink the wine of violence.

18 But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,

That shines brighter and brighter until the full day.

19 The way of the wicked is like darkness;

They do not know over what they stumble.