Proverbs 4:17-21 in English

¹⁷ For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence.

¹⁸ But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, That shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

¹⁹ The way of the wicked is as darkness: They know not at what they stumble.

²⁰ My son, attend to my words; Incline thine ear unto my sayings.

²¹ Let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep them in the midst of thy heart.

¹⁷ For these live upon the bread of ungodliness, and are drunken with wine of transgression.

¹⁸ But the ways of the righteous shine like light; they go on and shine, until the day be fully come.

¹⁹ But the ways of the ungodly are dark; they know not how they stumble.

²⁰ My son, attend to my speech; and apply thine ear to my words:

²¹ that thy fountains may not fail thee; keep them in thine heart.

¹⁷ For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

¹⁸ But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

¹⁹ The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

²⁰ My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.

²¹ Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.

¹⁷ For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

¹⁸ But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

¹⁹ The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

²⁰ My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.

²¹ Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.

¹⁷ For these live upon the bread of ungodliness, and are drunken with wine of transgression.

¹⁸ But the ways of the righteous shine like light; they go on and shine, until the day be fully come.

¹⁹ But the ways of the ungodly are dark; they know not how they stumble.

²⁰ My son, attend to my speech; and apply your ear to my words:

²¹ that your fountains may not fail you; keep them in your heart.

¹⁷ For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

¹⁸ But the path of the righteous is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

¹⁹ The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

²⁰ My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.

²¹ Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.

¹⁷ What they eat and what they drink are things that they have obtained by acting wickedly and violently.”

¹⁸ The behavior of good/righteous people is like the light that begins to shine at dawn and then continues to shine brighter until the brightest time of day.

¹⁹ But the behavior of wicked people is like deep/thick darkness. Because it is very dark, they cannot see the things that cause them to stumble.

²⁰ My son, pay attention to what I am saying. Listen to my words carefully.

²¹ Keep them close to you; let them penetrate your inner being,

¹⁷ For these live upon the bread of ungodliness, and are drunken with wine of transgression.

¹⁸ But the ways of the righteous shine like light; they go on and shine, until the day be fully come.

¹⁹ But the ways of the ungodly are dark; they know not how they stumble.

²⁰ My son, attend to my speech; and apply your ear to my words:

²¹ that your fountains may not fail you; keep them in your heart.

¹⁷ For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

¹⁸ But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light that shines more and more until the perfect day.

¹⁹ The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don’t know what they stumble over.

²⁰ My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings.

²¹ Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the center of your heart.

¹⁷ For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

¹⁸ But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light that shines more and more until the perfect day.

¹⁹ The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don’t know what they stumble over.

²⁰ My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings.

²¹ Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the center of your heart.

¹⁷ For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

¹⁸ But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light that shines more and more until the perfect day.

¹⁹ The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don’t know what they stumble over.

²⁰ My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings.

²¹ Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the centre of your heart.

¹⁷ The bread of evil-doing is their food, the wine of violent acts their drink.

¹⁸ But the way of the upright is like the light of early morning, getting brighter and brighter till the full day.

¹⁹ The way of sinners is dark; they see not the cause of their fall.

²⁰ My son, give attention to my words; let your ear be turned to my sayings.

²¹ Let them not go from your eyes; keep them deep in your heart.

¹⁷ For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

¹⁸ But the path of the righteous is as the shining light, going on and brightening until the day be fully come.

¹⁹ The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

²⁰ My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.

²¹ Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thy heart.

¹⁷ They eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of iniquity.

¹⁸ But the path of the just, as a shining light, goeth forwards and increaseth even to perfect day.

¹⁹ The way of the wicked is darksome: they know not where they fall.

²⁰ My son, hearken to my words, and incline thy ear to my sayings.

²¹ Let them not depart from thy eyes, keep them in the midst of thy heart:

¹⁷ For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

¹⁸ The way of life of the good is like the light of the sunrise, glowing brighter and brighter until the full light of day shines out.

¹⁹ But the way of life of the wicked is like complete darkness; they don't even know what they're tripping over.

²⁰ My son, pay attention to what I tell you; listen to the words I'm saying.

²¹ Don't lose sight of them; think about them deeply,

¹⁷ For they eate the breade of wickednesse, and drinke the wine of violence.

¹⁸ But the way of the righteous shineth as the light, that shineth more and more vnto the perfite day.

¹⁹ The way of the wicked is as the darkenes: they knowe not wherein they shall fall.

²⁰ My sonne, hearken vnto my wordes, incline thine eare vnto my sayings.

²¹ Let them not depart from thine eyes, but keepe them in the middes of thine heart.

¹⁷ For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

¹⁸ But the path of the righteous is as the light of dawn, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

¹⁹ The way of the wicked is as darkness; they know not at what they stumble.

²⁰ My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.

²¹ Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thy heart.

¹⁷ For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence.

¹⁸ But the path of the just is as the shining light, That shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

¹⁹ The way of the wicked is as darkness: They know not at what they stumble.

²⁰ My son, attend to my words; Incline thine ear unto my sayings.

²¹ Let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep them in the midst of thine heart.

¹⁷ For they eat the bread of wickedness; and the wine of violence do they drink.

¹⁸ But the path of the righteous is as the early morning light, that shineth more and more brightly until the height of noonday.

¹⁹ The way of the wicked is like darkness: they know not against what they stumble.

²⁰ My son, attend to my words, unto my sayings incline thy ear.

²¹ Let them not slip away from thy eyes: guard them in the midst of thy heart.

¹⁷ For these live upon the bread of ungodliness, And are drunken with wine of transgression.

¹⁸ But the ways of the righteous shine like light; They go on and shine, until the day be fully come.

¹⁹ But the ways of the ungodly are dark; They know not how they stumble.

²⁰ My son, attend to my speech; And apply thine ear to my words:

²¹ That thy fountains may not fail thee; Keep them in thine heart.

¹⁸ While a person is going east at dawn, the light becomes brighter for him. Just like that the ones that do the right thing learn more and more about God.

¹⁷ For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence.

¹⁸ But the path of the righteous is as the light of dawn, Which groweth brighter and brighter unto the perfect day.

¹⁹ The way of the wicked is as thick darkness; They know not at what they stumble.

²⁰ My son, attend to my words; Incline thine ear to my sayings;

²¹ Let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep them in the midst of thy heart!

¹⁷ For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

¹⁸ But the path of the upright is like the dawning light, that shines more and more until the perfect day.

¹⁹ The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don’t know what they stumble over.

²⁰ My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings.

²¹ Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the center of your heart.

¹⁷ For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

¹⁸ But the path of righteous people is like the first light that grows brighter; it shines more and more until the fullness of the day comes.

¹⁹ The way of the wicked is like darkness— they do not know what it is they stumble over.

²⁰ My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.

²¹ Do not let them turn away from your eyes; keep them in your heart.

¹⁷ For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

¹⁸ But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light that shines more and more until the perfect day.

¹⁹ The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don’t know what they stumble over.

²⁰ My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings.

²¹ Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the center of your heart.

¹⁷ For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

¹⁸ But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light that shines more and more until the perfect day.

¹⁹ The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don’t know what they stumble over.

²⁰ My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings.

²¹ Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the centre of your heart.

¹⁷ For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

¹⁸ But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more to the perfect day.

¹⁹ The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

²⁰ My son, attend to my words; incline thy ear to my sayings.

²¹ Let them not depart from thy eyes; keep them in the midst of thy heart.

¹⁷ For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

¹⁸ But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light that shines more and more until the perfect day.

¹⁹ The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don’t know what they stumble over.

²⁰ My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings.

²¹ Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the center of your heart.

¹⁷ For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

¹⁸ But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light that shines more and more until the perfect day.

¹⁹ The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don’t know what they stumble over.

²⁰ My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings.

²¹ Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the centre of your heart.

¹⁷ They eat the bread of unpiety, and drink the wine of wickedness.

¹⁸ But the path of just or rightwise men goeth forth as light shining, and increaseth till to a perfect day.

¹⁹ The way of wicked men is dark; they know not where they shall fall.

²⁰ My son, hearken thou to my words; and bow down thine ears to my speeches.

²¹ Go not they away from thine eyes; keep thou them in the middle of thine heart.

¹⁷ They eat the bread of unpiety, and drink the wine of wickedness. (They eat evil bread, and drink wicked wine.)

¹⁸ But the path of just men goeth forth as light shining (or But the path of the righteous goeth forth like a shining light), and increaseth till to perfect day.

¹⁹ The way of wicked men is dark (or The way of the wicked is dark); they know not where, (or when), they shall fall.

²⁰ My son, hearken thou (to) my words; and bow down thine ears to my speeches.

²¹ Go not they away from thine eyes (or Let them not go away from thine eyes); keep thou them in the middle of thine heart.

¹⁷ For they have eaten bread of wickedness, And wine of violence they drink.

¹⁸ And the path of the righteous is as a shining light, Going and brightening till the day is established,

¹⁹ The way of the wicked is as darkness, They have not known at what they stumble.

²⁰ My son, to my words give attention, To my sayings incline thine ear,

²¹ Let them not turn aside from thine eyes, Preserve them in the midst of thy heart.