Proverbs 4:17
since they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
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Proverbs 9:17
"Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!"

Proverbs 20:17
Food gained by fraud is sweet to a man, but later his mouth is full of gravel.

Job 24:5, 6
Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work foraging for food; the wasteland is food for their children. . . .

Psalm 14:4
Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon the LORD.

Jeremiah 5:26-28
For My people are among wicked men. They watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap; they catch men. . . .

Ezekiel 22:25-29
The conspiracy of the princes in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing its prey. They devour the people, seize the treasures and precious things, and multiply the widows within her. . . .

Amos 8:4-6
Hear this, you who trample on the needy, who do away with the poor of the land, . . .

Micah 3:5
This is what the LORD says: "As for the prophets who lead my people astray, who proclaim peace while they chew with their teeth, but declare war against one who puts nothing in their mouths:

Micah 6:12
For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.

Zephaniah 3:3
Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning.

Matthew 23:14
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.

James 5:4, 5
Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts. . . .

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
For they eat the bread of wickedness And drink the wine of violence.

King James Bible
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

International Standard Version
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and they drink the wine of violence.

NET Bible
For they eat bread gained from wickedness and drink wine obtained from violence.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Because their food is the food of evil and they drink the wine of depravity.
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