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 Desampárala, no pases por ella; apártate de ella, y pasa

16 Porque no duermen ellos, si no hicieren mal; y pierden su sueño, si no han hecho caer

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

18 Mas la vereda de los justos es como la luz del lucero, que va en aumento hasta que el día es perfecto

19 El camino de los impíos es como la oscuridad; no saben en qué tropiezan