Spreuken 4:17

17 Want zij eten brood der goddeloosheid, en drinken wijn van enkel geweld.

Spreuken 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.

Spreuken 4:17 In-Context

15 Verwerp dien, ga er niet door; wijk er van, en ga voorbij.

16 Want zij slapen niet, zo zij geen kwaad gedaan hebben; en hun slaap wordt weggenomen, zo zij niet iemand hebben doen struikelen.

17 Want zij eten brood der goddeloosheid, en drinken wijn van enkel geweld.

18 Maar het pad der rechtvaardigen is gelijk een schijnend licht, voortgaande en lichtende tot den vollen dag toe.

19 De weg der goddelozen is als donkerheid, zij weten niet, waarover zij struikelen zullen.