Proverbs 4:17
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.”
לֶחֶם
Bread, food, grain. Lechem. Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that comes from the mouth of God. There is food for the body and food for the soul.
לָחַם
they eat
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לָחַם
to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction)
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חָמָס
violences
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חָמָס
violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain
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שָׁתָה
they drink
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שָׁתָה
to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
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רֶשַׁע
wickedness
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רֶשַׁע
a wrong (especially moral)
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