Proverbs 4:19

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The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know what makes them stumble.

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  • Isa 59:9-9 : 9 Therefore, justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but behold, there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom. 10 We grope along the wall like the blind; we grope as if we had no eyes. At midday, we stumble as if it were twilight; among the strong, we are like the dead.
  • John 12:35 : 35 Then Jesus said to them, "The light will be with you only a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, so that darkness does not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
  • Jer 23:12 : 12 Therefore, their path will become for them like slippery places in the darkness. They will be pushed and fall there, for I will bring disaster upon them in the year of their punishment, declares the LORD.
  • 1 Sam 2:9 : 9 'He guards the feet of His faithful ones, but the wicked are silenced in darkness. For it is not by strength that one prevails.'
  • Job 18:5-6 : 5 Indeed, the light of the wicked will be extinguished, and the flame of his fire will not shine. 6 The light in his tent will grow dark, and the lamp above him will be extinguished.
  • Job 18:18 : 18 He is driven from light into darkness and chased out of the world.
  • Prov 2:13 : 13 from those who abandon the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness,
  • Job 5:14 : 14 They encounter darkness by day and grope in the noonday as if it were night.
  • Job 12:25 : 25 They grope in the darkness without light; He makes them stagger like a drunkard.
  • Matt 7:23 : 23 Then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.'
  • Matt 15:14 : 14 Leave them alone; they are blind guides. If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”
  • John 11:10 : 10 'But if anyone walks at night, he stumbles, because there is no light in him.'
  • 1 John 2:11 : 11 But the one who hates their brother or sister is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. They do not know where they are going, because the darkness has blinded them.
  • Jer 13:16 : 16 Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, and before your feet stumble on the darkening mountains. You hope for light, but He will turn it to gloom and thick darkness.

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    14Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.

    15Avoid it; do not travel on it. Turn away from it and go on your way.

    16For they cannot rest until they do evil; they are robbed of sleep until they make someone stumble.

    17They eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

    18The path of the righteous is like the morning light, shining brighter and brighter until the full day.

  • Job 24:13
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    13They are among those who rebel against the light; they do not recognize its ways nor stay on its paths.

  • Job 5:14
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    14They encounter darkness by day and grope in the noonday as if it were night.

  • Prov 2:13
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    13from those who abandon the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness,

  • Job 12:25
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    25They grope in the darkness without light; He makes them stagger like a drunkard.

  • Isa 59:8-10
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    8The way of peace they do not know, and there is no justice in their ways. They have made their paths crooked; whoever walks in them does not know peace.

    9Therefore, justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but behold, there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom.

    10We grope along the wall like the blind; we grope as if we had no eyes. At midday, we stumble as if it were twilight; among the strong, we are like the dead.

  • Ps 82:5
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    5They do not know nor do they understand; they wander in darkness. All the foundations of the earth are shaken.

  • Job 24:16-17
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    16In the darkness, they break into houses, but by day, they shut themselves in; they do not know the light.

    17For to them, the morning is like deep darkness; they are familiar with the terrors of the shadow of death.

  • John 11:10
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    10'But if anyone walks at night, he stumbles, because there is no light in him.'

  • Prov 10:9
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    9The one who walks in integrity walks securely, but the one who perverts his ways will be found out.

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    5The righteousness of the blameless makes their path straight, but the wicked fall because of their own wickedness.

  • Rom 3:16-17
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    16Ruin and misery mark their paths.

    17And the way of peace they have not known.

  • Ps 1:6
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    6For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

  • Jer 13:16
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    16Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, and before your feet stumble on the darkening mountains. You hope for light, but He will turn it to gloom and thick darkness.

  • Hos 14:9
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    9Ephraim, what more have I to do with idols? I will answer him and care for him. I am like a flourishing cypress; your fruit comes from me.

  • Prov 5:6
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    6She does not consider the path of life; her ways wander, but she does not know it.

  • Prov 15:19
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    19The path of the lazy is like a hedge of thorns, but the way of the upright is smooth.

  • Job 38:19
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    19Where is the way that light dwells, and where is the place of darkness,

  • Job 19:8
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    8He has blocked my path so I cannot pass; He has shrouded my ways with darkness.

  • Prov 1:15-16
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    15My son, do not walk in the way with them; keep your foot away from their paths,

    16For their feet run to evil; they hasten to shed blood.

  • Jer 5:4
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    4Then I thought, 'These are only the poor; they are foolish because they do not know the way of the Lord, the justice of their God.'

  • Job 17:12
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    12They make night into day: ‘The light is near,’ they say, in the presence of darkness.

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    2Enthusiasm without knowledge is not good, and one who hurries makes wrong choices.

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    20So you will walk in the way of the good, and keep to the paths of the righteous.

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    26Consider the path of your feet, and all your ways will be established.

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    9The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.

  • Job 10:22
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    22A land of gloom like deep darkness, a land of shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.

  • Job 22:15
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    15Will you keep to the ancient path that wicked men have walked?

  • Jer 4:22
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    22For my people are foolish; they do not know me. They are senseless children and have no understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they do not know how to do good.

  • Job 34:22
    73%

    22There is no darkness or deep shadow where evildoers can hide themselves.

  • Prov 28:5
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    5Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD understand all things.

  • Prov 4:12
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    12When you walk, your steps will not be hindered; when you run, you will not stumble.

  • Job 18:5
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    5Indeed, the light of the wicked will be extinguished, and the flame of his fire will not shine.

  • Prov 4:20
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    20My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.

  • Prov 2:15
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    15Their paths are crooked, and their ways are devious.

  • Prov 10:29
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    29The way of the LORD is a stronghold to the blameless, but it is ruin to evildoers.

  • Job 18:7
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    7His vigorous steps will be restricted, and his own counsel will cast him down.

  • Prov 13:6
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    6Righteousness guards the way of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Isa 29:15
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    15Woe to those who go to great depths to hide their plans from the LORD, who do their work in darkness and think, 'Who sees us? Who knows us?'

  • Job 6:18
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    18Caravans turn aside from their paths; they go into the wasteland and perish.