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17 For they eat the bread of wickedness
    and drink the wine of violence.
18 But the path of the just is like shining light,
    that grows in brilliance till perfect day.[a]
19 The way of the wicked is like darkness;
    they do not know on what they stumble.

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  1. 4:18 Till perfect day: lit., “till the day is established”; this may refer to full daylight or to noonday.

17 They eat the bread of wickedness
    and drink the wine of violence.(A)

18 The path of the righteous(B) is like the morning sun,(C)
    shining ever brighter till the full light of day.(D)
19 But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness;(E)
    they do not know what makes them stumble.(F)

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