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Proverbi 4:17

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17 Essi mangiano il pane dell’empietà, e bevono il vino della violenza;

Proverbi 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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Proverbi 4:17 In-Context

15 schivala, non passare per essa; allontanatene, e va’ oltre.
16 Poiché essi non posson dormire se non han fatto del male, e il sonno è loro tolto se non han fatto cader qualcuno.
17 Essi mangiano il pane dell’empietà, e bevono il vino della violenza;
18 ma il sentiero dei giusti è come la luce che spunta e va vie più risplendendo, finché sia giorno perfetto.
19 La via degli empi è come il buio; essi non scorgono ciò che li farà cadere.
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