Zhēnyán 4:17

17 Yīnwei tāmen yǐ jiān è chī bǐng , yǐ qiángbào 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.

Zhēnyán 4:17 In-Context

15 Yào duǒbì , bùkĕ qīng guō . yào zhuǎn shēn ér qù .

16 Zhè dĕng rén ruò bù xíng è , bùdé shuìjiào . bù shǐ rén diēdǎo , shuì wò bù ān .

17 Yīnwei tāmen yǐ jiān è chī bǐng , yǐ qiángbào hē jiǔ .

18 Dàn yì rén de lù , hǎoxiàng límíng de guāng , yuè zhào yuè míng , zhídào rì wǔ .

19 È rén de dào hǎoxiàng yōuàn . zìjǐ bù zhī yīn shénme diēdǎo .