Zhēnyán 4:17

Listen to Zhēnyán 4:17
17 YÄ«nwei tāmen yǐ jiān Ăš chÄ« bǐng , yǐ qiĂĄngbĂ o hē jiǔ .

Zhēnyán 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.

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Zhēnyán 4:17 In-Context

15 YĂ o duǒbĂŹ , bĂčkĕ qÄ«ng guƍ . yĂ o zhuǎn shēn Ă©r qĂč .
16 ZhĂš dĕng rĂ©n ruĂČ bĂč xĂ­ng Ăš , bĂčdĂ© shuĂŹjiĂ o . bĂč shǐ rĂ©n diēdǎo , shuĂŹ wĂČ bĂč ān .
17 YÄ«nwei tāmen yǐ jiān Ăš chÄ« bǐng , yǐ qiĂĄngbĂ o hē jiǔ .
18 DĂ n yĂŹ rĂ©n de lĂč , hǎoxiĂ ng lĂ­mĂ­ng de guāng , yuĂš zhĂ o yuĂš mĂ­ng , zhĂ­dĂ o rĂŹ wǔ .
19 È rĂ©n de dĂ o hǎoxiĂ ng yƍuĂ n . zĂŹjǐ bĂč zhÄ« yÄ«n shĂ©nme diēdǎo .
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