Proverbs 4:16
For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong; they are robbed of sleep unless they have made someone stumble.
In context
13 Keep hold of instruction; do not let go; guard her, for she is your life. 14 Do not enter the path of the wicked, and do not walk in the way of the evil. 15 Avoid it; do not go on it; turn away from it and pass on. 16 For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong; they are robbed of sleep unless they have made someone stumble. 17 For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence. 18 But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day. 19 The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know over what they stumble.
Compare in other versions
- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 4:16 in the KJV
For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
- NIV New International Version
— Proverbs 4:16 in the NIV
For they cannot rest until they do evil; they are robbed of sleep till they make someone stumble.