Proverbios 4:17

17 Porque comen pan de maldad, y beben vino de violencia.

Proverbios 4:17 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 4:17

For they eat the bread of wickedness
Either that is gotten by wicked and unlawful means, or wickedness itself is bread unto them; it is that to their minds as bread is to their bodies; they feed upon it with as much eagerness, appetite, gust, and pleasure; it is a sweet morsel to them; it is meat, drink, sleep, and everything to them; they take the highest satisfaction and the utmost delight in it; and drink the wine of violence:
either that which is obtained by rapine and violence; or they as greedily commit such acts of oppression and injury as a man drinks a glass of wine; they do not drink up iniquity like water only, but even like wine, the most generous and delicious. Wherefore all society with such men should be avoided.

Proverbios 4:17 In-Context

15 Evítalo, no pases por él; apártate de él y pasa adelante.

16 Porque ellos no duermen a menos que hagan el mal, y pierden el sueño si no han hecho caer a alguno.

17 Porque comen pan de maldad, y beben vino de violencia.

18 Mas la senda de los justos es como la luz de la aurora, que va aumentando en resplandor hasta que es pleno día.

19 El camino de los impíos es como las tinieblas, no saben en qué tropiezan.