Proverbs 4:19

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The way of the wicked is like gloomy darkness; they do not know what they stumble over.

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  • Isa 59:9-9 : 9 Israel Confesses its Sin For this reason deliverance is far from us and salvation does not reach us. We wait for light, but see only darkness; we wait for a bright light, but live in deep darkness. 10 We grope along the wall like the blind, we grope like those who cannot see; we stumble at noontime as if it were evening. Though others are strong, we are like dead men.
  • John 12:35 : 35 Jesus replied,“The light is with you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
  • Jer 23:12 : 12 So the paths they follow will be dark and slippery. They will stumble and fall headlong. For I will bring disaster on them. A day of reckoning is coming for them.” The LORD affirms it!
  • 1 Sam 2:9 : 9 He watches over his holy ones, but the wicked are made speechless in the darkness, for it is not by one’s own strength that one prevails.
  • Job 18:5-6 : 5 “Yes, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; his flame of fire does not shine. 6 The light in his tent grows dark; his lamp above him is extinguished.
  • Job 18:18 : 18 He is driven from light into darkness and is banished from the world.
  • Prov 2:13 : 13 who leave the upright paths to walk on the dark ways,
  • Job 5:14 : 14 They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope about in the noontime as if it were night.
  • Job 12:25 : 25 They grope about in darkness without light; he makes them stagger like drunkards.
  • Matt 7:23 : 23 Then I will declare to them,‘I never knew you. Go away from me, you lawbreakers!’
  • Matt 15:14 : 14 Leave them! They are blind guides. If someone who is blind leads another who is blind, both will fall into a pit.”
  • John 11:10 : 10 But if anyone walks around at night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”
  • 1 John 2:11 : 11 But the one who hates his fellow Christian is in the darkness, walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
  • Jer 13:16 : 16 Show the LORD your God the respect that is due him. Do it before he brings the darkness of disaster. Do it before you stumble into distress like a traveler on the mountains at twilight. Do it before he turns the light of deliverance you hope for into the darkness and gloom of exile.

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    14Do not enter the path of the wicked or walk in the way of those who are evil.

    15Avoid it, do not go on it; turn away from it, and go on.

    16For they cannot sleep unless they cause harm; they are robbed of sleep until they make someone stumble.

    17Indeed they have eaten bread gained from wickedness and drink wine obtained from violence.

    18But the path of the righteous is like the bright morning light, growing brighter and brighter until full day.

  • Job 24:13
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    13There are those who rebel against the light; they do not know its ways and they do not stay on its paths.

  • Job 5:14
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    14They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope about in the noontime as if it were night.

  • Prov 2:13
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    13who leave the upright paths to walk on the dark ways,

  • Job 12:25
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    25They grope about in darkness without light; he makes them stagger like drunkards.

  • Isa 59:8-10
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    8They are unfamiliar with peace; their deeds are unjust. They use deceitful methods, and whoever deals with them is unfamiliar with peace.

    9Israel Confesses its Sin For this reason deliverance is far from us and salvation does not reach us. We wait for light, but see only darkness; we wait for a bright light, but live in deep darkness.

    10We grope along the wall like the blind, we grope like those who cannot see; we stumble at noontime as if it were evening. Though others are strong, we are like dead men.

  • Ps 82:5
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    5They neither know nor understand. They stumble around in the dark, while all the foundations of the earth crumble.

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

    17For all of them, the morning is to them like deep darkness; they are friends with the terrors of darkness.

  • John 11:10
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    10But if anyone walks around at night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”

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    9The one who conducts himself in integrity will live securely, but the one who behaves perversely will be found out.

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    5The righteousness of the blameless will make their way smooth, but the wicked will fall through their own wickedness.

  • Rom 3:16-17
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    16ruin and misery are in their paths,

    17and the way of peace they have not known.”

  • Ps 1:6
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    6Certainly the LORD guards the way of the godly, but the way of the wicked ends in destruction.

  • Jer 13:16
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    16Show the LORD your God the respect that is due him. Do it before he brings the darkness of disaster. Do it before you stumble into distress like a traveler on the mountains at twilight. Do it before he turns the light of deliverance you hope for into the darkness and gloom of exile.

  • Hos 14:9
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    9Concluding Exhortation Who is wise? Let him discern these things! Who is discerning? Let him understand them! For the ways of the LORD are right; the godly walk in them,but in them the rebellious stumble.

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    6Lest she should make level the path leading to life, her paths have wandered, but she is not able to discern it.

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

  • Job 38:19
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    19“In what direction does light reside, and darkness, where is its place,

  • Job 19:8
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    8He has blocked my way so I cannot pass, and has set darkness over my paths.

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    15My child, do not go down their way, withhold yourself from their path;

    16for they are eager to inflict harm, and they hasten to shed blood.

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    4I thought,“Surely it is only the ignorant poor who act this way. They act like fools because they do not know what the LORD demands. They do not know what their God requires of them.

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    12These men change night into day; they say,‘The light is near in the face of darkness.’

  • Prov 19:2-3
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    2It is dangerous to have zeal without knowledge, and the one who acts hastily makes poor choices.

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

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    26Make the path for your feet level, so that all your ways may be established.

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

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    22to the land of utter darkness, like the deepest darkness, and the deepest shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”

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    22The LORD answered,“This will happen because my people are foolish. They do not know me. They are like children who have no sense. They have no understanding. They are skilled at doing evil. They do not know how to do good.”

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    22There is no darkness, and no deep darkness, where evildoers can hide themselves.

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    5Evil people do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD understand it all.

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

  • Job 18:5
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    5“Yes, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; his flame of fire does not shine.

  • Prov 4:20
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    20My child, pay attention to my words; listen attentively to my sayings.

  • Prov 2:15
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    15whose paths are morally crooked, and who are devious in their ways;

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    29The way of the LORD is like a stronghold for the upright, but it is destruction to evildoers.

  • Job 18:7
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    7His vigorous steps are restricted, and his own counsel throws him down.

  • Prov 13:6
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    6Righteousness guards the one who lives with integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Isa 29:15
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    15Those who try to hide their plans from the LORD are as good as dead, who do their work in secret and boast,“Who sees us? Who knows what we’re doing?”

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