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Proverbs 4:17-19
1599 Geneva Bible
Proverbs 4:17-19
1599 Geneva Bible
17 For they eat the bread of [a]wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
18 But the way of the righteous shineth as the light, that [b]shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
19 The way of the wicked is as the darkness: they know not wherein they shall fall.
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- Proverbs 4:17 Gotten by wicked means and cruel oppression.
- Proverbs 4:18 Signifying, that the godly increase daily in knowledge and perfection, till they come to full perfection, which is when they shall be joined to their head in the heavens.
Proverbs 4:17-19
New International Version
Proverbs 4:17-19
New International Version
17 They eat the bread of wickedness
and drink the wine of violence.(A)
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