15 Avoid it, do not travel on it;
Turn away from it and pass on.
16 (A)For they do not sleep unless they have done evil;
And their sleep is [a]taken away unless they make someone fall.
17 For they eat the bread of wickedness,
And drink the wine of violence.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 4:16 Lit. robbed

15 Avoid it, do not travel on it;
    turn from it and go on your way.
16 For they cannot rest until they do evil;(A)
    they are robbed of sleep till they make someone stumble.
17 They eat the bread of wickedness
    and drink the wine of violence.(B)

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