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Proverbs 4:16

American Standard Version

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

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Proverbs 4:16 in other translations

For they don’t sleep unless they do evil.
Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall.

Proverbs 4:16 · World English Bible

Proverbs 4:16 in context

  1. 14Enter not into the path of the wicked, And walk not in the way of evil men.
  2. 15Avoid it, pass not by it; Turn from it, and pass on.
  3. 16For they sleep not, except they do evil; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
  4. 17For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence.
  5. 18But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, That shineth more and more unto the perfect day.