Proverbs 4:17

Amos 8:4-6; Ezekiel 22:25-29; James 5:4; James 5:5; Jeremiah 5:26-28; Job 24:5; Job 24:6; Micah 3:5; Micah 6:12; Matthew 23:14; Proverbs 20:17; Proverbs 9:17; Psalms 14:4; Zephaniah 3:3

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 4:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The counsel which has come to him, in substance, from his father. Compare it with 2 Samuel 23:2 etc.; 1 Chronicles 28:9 ; 1 Chronicles 29:17 ;...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

For they eat the bread of (g) wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. (g) Gotten my wicked means and cruel oppression.
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

bread. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Part) for food in general. of . obtained. Genitive of Origin. App-17 (2). wickedness . lawlessn...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. For they eat the bread of wickedness - By privately stealing. And drink the wi...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence -...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ancestral Wisdom. The Two Paths In Proverbs 4:1-9 the teacher lays stress on the fact that his instruction is a repetition of his father's. No t...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The bread of wickedness. — i.e. , acquired by wickedness, as ( Proverbs 10:2 ) “treasures of wickedness.”
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 5 EDUCATION: THE CHILD'S THOUGHT OF THE PARENT "Wisdom doth live with children round her knees." - Wordsworth. "He taught me, and said u...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Guide-Posts on the Way of Life Proverbs 4:10-27 One or two sentences stand out in this section, demanding special attention. The path of the j...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In this chapter there are three addresses. The first is of the nature of personal testimony (verses Pro 4:1-9). The next two are exhortations to fide...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many. I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right pa...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 t...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. Ver. 17. For they eat the bread of wickedness. ] As Tartarians feed upon dea...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Enter not into the path of the wicked Avoid their practices and company; and go not in the way of evil men Do not proceed further therein. If tho...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Cautions against Bad Company. 14 Enter not into the path of the wicke...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

They eat the bread of wickedness: the sense is either, 1. Wickedness is as necessary and as pleasant to them as their bread; which suits well wit...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

God's Wisdom Teaches Men The Way In Which They Should Go, A Way In Which They Will Not Stumble And Which Leads To Life, They Are Thus To Avoid The W...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 4:14 . Go not . The Heb. is literally “to go straightforward;” also, “to pronounce happy.” Proverbs 4:15 . Avoid , “...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 4:1 . Hear, ye children, a Hebraism, equivalent to wash, cleanse, and purify your ears. A grateful son here recites the domestic piety of...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 4:1-20 7. Seventh admonitory discourse. We here enter upon the second group of admonitory discourses, as is indicated...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Warning against Wickedness
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence, of violent deeds, they seem to derive their strength from wicked acts, their mea...
Wells of Living Water Commentary

Sacred Exhortations Proverbs 4:1-27 INTRODUCTORY WORDS It is well, now and then, to step aside and consider what God has to say to young men a...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

For — Wickedness is as pleasant to them as their bread.

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

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 4:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Proverbs 4:17