Proverbs 4:16

Old Testament Wisdom/Poetry ASV (1901)

For they sleep not, except they do evil; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

Proverbs 4:16 — American Standard Version

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Context — Proverbs 4

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.

13Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: Keep her; for she is thy life.

14Enter not into the path of the wicked, And walk not in the way of evil men.

15Avoid it, pass not by it; Turn from it, and pass on.

16For they sleep not, except they do evil; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

17For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence.

18But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, That shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

19The way of the wicked is as darkness: They know not at what they stumble.

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