Proverbs 4:16

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For they cannot rest until they do evil; they are robbed of sleep until they make someone stumble.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 36:4 : 4 The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit; he has stopped being wise and doing good.
  • Mic 2:1 : 1 Woe to those who devise wickedness and plan evil on their beds! At dawn, they carry it out because they have the power to do it.
  • Prov 1:16 : 16 For their feet run to evil; they hasten to shed blood.
  • Isa 57:20 : 20 But the wicked are like the tossing sea, which cannot rest, whose waves cast up mire and mud.
  • 2 Pet 2:14 : 14 They have eyes full of adultery, never ceasing from sin. They entice unstable souls and have hearts trained in greed. They are accursed children.
  • Luke 22:66 : 66 At daybreak, the council of the elders of the people—both the chief priests and the teachers of the law—assembled, and they led Jesus to their council chamber.
  • John 18:28 : 28 Then they led Jesus from Caiaphas to the governor's headquarters. It was early morning, and they did not enter the headquarters themselves to avoid becoming ceremonially unclean, so that they could eat the Passover.

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