Proverbs 4:17
since they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
Cross References
Proverbs 13:2
From the fruit of his lips a man will enjoy good things, but the desire of the faithless is violence.

Micah 7:3
Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe; when the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.

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Proverbs 9:17
"Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!"

Proverbs 20:17
Food gained by fraud is sweet to a man, but later his mouth is full of gravel.

Job 24:5, 6
Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work foraging for food; the wasteland is food for their children. . . .

Psalm 14:4
Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon the LORD.

Jeremiah 5:26-28
For My people are among wicked men. They watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap; they catch men. . . .

Ezekiel 22:25-29
The conspiracy of the princes in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing its prey. They devour the people, seize the treasures and precious things, and multiply the widows within her. . . .

Amos 8:4-6
Hear this, you who trample on the needy, who do away with the poor of the land, . . .

Micah 3:5
This is what the LORD says: "As for the prophets who lead my people astray, who proclaim peace while they chew with their teeth, but declare war against one who puts nothing in their mouths:

Micah 6:12
For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.

Zephaniah 3:3
Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning.

Matthew 23:14
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.

James 5:4, 5
Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts. . . .

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