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Proverbs 4:16

For they do not sleep unless they have done evil; And their sleep is taken away unless they make someone fall.

Sin, temptation and holiness

Key words: rāʿaʿ kāšal gāzal yāšan šēnā'

Original words

EnglishOriginal wordRoot#
Forkî כִּיkî14
they sleepyišnû יִשְׁנוּyāšan1
notlō' לֹאlō'10
'im אִם'im6
exceptlō' לֹאlō'10
they have done mischiefyārēʿû יָרֵעוּrāʿaʿ1
andvᵊniḡzᵊlâ וְנִגְזְלָהgāzal2
their sleepšᵊnāṯām שְׁנָתָםšēnā'2
is taken awayvᵊniḡzᵊlâ וְנִגְזְלָהgāzal2
'im אִם'im6
unlesslō' לֹאlō'10
they cause [some] to fallyaḵšîlû יַכְשִׁילוּkāšal4

Memory passages these point to

J-69 Proverbs 1:5-23S-70 Proverbs 1:5-23

Cross-references 7

Passages are shown in the NKJV.

(whole verse) 7
  • Proverbs 1:16 J-69 Proverbs 1:5-23S-70 Proverbs 1:5-23

    16For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood.

  • Psalms 36:4

    4He devises wickedness on his bed; He sets himself in a way that is not good; He does not abhor evil.

  • Isaiah 57:20

    20But the wicked are like the troubled sea, When it cannot rest, Whose waters cast up mire and dirt.

  • Micah 2:1

    1Woe to those who devise iniquity, And work out evil on their beds! At morning light they practice it, Because it is in the power of their hand.

  • Luke 22:66

    66As soon as it was day, the elders of the people, both chief priests and scribes, came together and led Him into their council, saying,

  • John 18:28

    28Then they led Jesus from Caiaphas to the Praetorium, and it was early morning. But they themselves did not go into the Praetorium, lest they should be defiled, but that they might eat the Passover.

  • 2 Peter 2:14

    14having eyes full of adultery and that cannot cease from sin, enticing unstable souls. They have a heart trained in covetous practices, and are accursed children.

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