Proverbs 4:19 But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know what makes them stumble.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know what makes them stumble.

English Standard Version
The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know over what they stumble.

New American Standard Bible
The way of the wicked is like darkness; They do not know over what they stumble.

King James Bible
The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they don't know what makes them stumble.

International Standard Version
But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness, and they do not know what they are stumbling over.

American Standard Version
The way of the wicked is as darkness: They know not at what they stumble.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The way of the wicked is darksome: they know not where they fall.

Darby Bible Translation
The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

Young's Literal Translation
The way of the wicked is as darkness, They have not known at what they stumble.

Cross References

John 11:10
But if a man walk in the night, he stumbles, because there is no light in him.

John 12:35
Then Jesus said to them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness come on you: for he that walks in darkness knows not where he goes.

Job 18:5
Yes, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.

Job 18:6
The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.

Proverbs 2:13
Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

Isaiah 59:9
Therefore is judgment far from us, neither does justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.

Isaiah 59:10
We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noon day as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.

Jeremiah 13:16
Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains, and, while you look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.

Jeremiah 23:12
Why their way shall be to them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil on them, even the year of their visitation, said the LORD.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

4:14-27 The way of evil men may seem pleasant, and the nearest way to compass some end; but it is an evil way, and will end ill; if thou love thy God and thy soul, avoid it. It is not said, Keep at a due distance, but at a great distance; never think you can get far enough from it. The way of the righteous is light; Christ is their Way, and he is the Light. The saints will not be perfect till they reach heaven, but there they shall shine as the sun in his strength. The way of sin is as darkness. The way of the wicked is dark, therefore dangerous; they fall into sin, but know not how to avoid it. They fall into trouble, but never seek to know wherefore God contends with them, nor what will be in the end of it. This is the way we are bid to shun. Attentive hearing the word of God, is a good sign of a work of grace begun in the heart, and a good means of carrying it on. There is in the word of God a proper remedy for all diseases of the soul. Keep thy heart with all diligence. We must set a strict guard upon our souls; keep our hearts from doing hurt, and getting hurt. A good reason is given; because out of it are the issues of life. Above all, we should seek from the Lord Jesus that living water, the sanctifying Spirit, issuing forth unto everlasting life. Thus we shall be enabled to put away a froward mouth and perverse lips; our eyes will be turned from beholding vanity, looking straight forward, and walking by the rule of God's word, treading in the steps of our Lord and Master. Lord, forgive the past, and enable us to follow thee more closely for the time to come.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

18, 19. As shining light increases from twilight to noonday splendor, so the course of the just increases in purity, but that of the wicked is as thickest darkness, in which one knows not on what he stumbles.