Proverbs 4:19

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

The way {H1870} of the wicked {H7563} is as darkness {H653}: they know {H3045} not at what they stumble {H3782}.

The way of the wicked is like darkness; they don't even know what makes them stumble.

But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.

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

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • John 12:35 (10 votes)

    Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.

  • Isaiah 59:9 (7 votes)

    ¶ Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, [but] we walk in darkness.

  • Isaiah 59:10 (7 votes)

    We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if [we had] no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; [we are] in desolate places as dead [men].

  • 1 Samuel 2:9 (5 votes)

    He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

  • Job 18:5 (5 votes)

    ¶ Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.

  • Job 18:6 (5 votes)

    The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.

  • Jeremiah 23:12 (5 votes)

    Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery [ways] in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, [even] the year of their visitation, saith the LORD.