Proverbs 4:14-16

26 songs meet this passage

• “Boy toy named Troy, used to live in Detroit”

  Anaconda · Nicki Minaj

  strains against Proverbs 4:14-16

  The song romanticizes a drug-dealer lifestyle and violence as glamorous rather than warning against the path of the wicked.

• “Shay with a gauge, and Vanilla with a nine”

  Ice Ice Baby · Vanilla Ice

  strains against Proverbs 4:14-15

  The casual flaunting of weapons as cool contrasts with wisdom's call to avoid the path of violence altogether.

• “There's plenty of people out there with triggers ready to pull it”

  U.N.I.T.Y. · Queen Latifah

  resonates with Proverbs 4:14-15

  The warning against imitating violence and the path of the wicked matches the song's plea to a young girl chasing a dangerous image.

• “All of your friends think I'm just too young for you”

  Love You Down · INOJ

  strains against Proverbs 4:14-15

  The lyric treats outside concern (friends questioning the relationship) as something to dismiss rather than weigh, where wisdom literature urges considering counsel.

• “Careful, 'fore you meet a man with HIV”

  I Can · Nas

  resonates with Proverbs 4:14-15

  The call to avoid dangerous paths and company reflects this wisdom literature's counsel to stay off the way of the wicked.

• “Cause 'round here, if you slip you catch a hot one”

  Where the Party At (feat. Nelly) [LP Mix featuring Nelly] · Jagged Edge featuring Nelly

  strains against Proverbs 4:14-17

  A casual nod to violence as part of the scene's danger, where Proverbs warns against even walking in the path of those who feed on violence.

• “They come from the hole they livin' in the month of February”

  Damn! (Radio Mix) [feat. Lil' Jon) · YoungBloodZ

  strains against Proverbs 4:14-17

  Scripture warns against walking in the path of the violent, while this song romanticizes that very lifestyle as identity and pride.

• Got Money (feat. T-Pain) · Lil Wayne

  strains against Proverbs 4:14-17

  The imagery of stalking and violence glamorized here is the same path Proverbs warns the wise to avoid entirely.

• Slippery (feat. Gucci Mane) · Migos

  strains against Proverbs 4:14-17

  The whole track's boast of wealth built on drugs, guns, and conquest echoes the 'bread of wickedness' Proverbs warns against pursuing.

• Outside Today · YoungBoy Never Broke Again

  strains against Proverbs 4:14-17

  The song's overall posture glorifies a path of violence and vengeance as a way of life, the very path Proverbs warns against walking.

• Mob Ties · Drake

  strains against Proverbs 4:16-17

  The overall boastful, paranoid posture of thriving on conflict and threat mirrors the wicked who cannot sleep until they cause harm.

• Sacala · Héctor El Father

  strains against Proverbs 4:16-17

  Proverbs describes the wicked as those who cannot sleep until they cause harm; this swagger of domination mirrors that restless pursuit of conquest.

• “I'll slap a - with a ratchet”

  Rich Flex · Drake & 21 Savage

  strains against Proverbs 4:16-17

  The casual violence described here mirrors the wicked who 'cannot sleep unless they have done wrong,' feeding on violence like bread.

• “I drain a nigga's jugular vein”

  Keep Their Heads Ringin' · Dr. Dre

  strains against Proverbs 4:16-17

  The boast of violence as a badge of pride stands opposite the warning against those whose bread is wickedness.

• Look into My Eyes (Atlantis Remix) · Bone Thugs-n-Harmony

  strains against Proverbs 4:16-17

  The whole song's identity is built on threat and bloodshed as a way of life, the very pattern this proverb warns against.

• “Breakin niggas nose, in the projects, nigga, anything goes”

  Make 'Em Say Uhh · Master P

  strains against Proverbs 4:16-17

  The glorification of violence as a way of life stands against the wisdom literature's warning that the wicked cannot sleep till they cause harm.

• “I never kill for the thrill, but I cut for the cars”

  Jamboree (feat. Zhané) [Club Mix] · Naughty By Nature

  strains against Proverbs 4:16-17

  Proverbs warns against a life that feeds on violence and plunder as a kind of bread; here it's treated as swagger rather than danger.

• “Y'all niggas can't fuck with the”

  Oh Boy (feat. Juelz Santana) · Cam'ron

  strains against Proverbs 4:16-17

  The wicked here 'eat the bread of violence'; the song's bravado over guns and shootings mirrors that same restless appetite for harm.

• “Caught up with 'em, had them dudes straight hoppin' the fence”

  Nothin' · N.O.R.E.

  strains against Proverbs 4:16-17

  The verse describes those who cannot sleep until they've done evil, which mirrors the restless violence celebrated here as triumph.

• “I got my twin glock .40's, cocked back”

  Rollout (My Business) · Ludacris

  strains against Proverbs 4:16-17

  The boast of readiness for violence stands opposite the proverb's warning against those who can't sleep till they've caused harm.

• “I will slang 'caine, no such thing as a jail”

  Big S**t Poppin' (Do It) · T.I.

  strains against Proverbs 4:16-17

  Proverbs describes the wicked who cannot sleep until they've done evil; here drug dealing is worn as a badge of pride rather than something to escape.

• “I'm Hannibal Lecter, so just in case”

  Forever (with Drake, Kanye West & Lil Wayne) · Drake, Kanye West, Lil Wayne & Eminem

  strains against Proverbs 4:16-17

  The violent boasting here glamorizes aggression as a mark of strength rather than something to be put away.

• “I've waited for a long time”

  Pumped Up Kicks · Foster the People

  resonates with Proverbs 4:16-17

  Describes someone who cannot sleep until they do evil, which mirrors the slow, deliberate buildup of the narrator's intent.

• “I got a Glock in my 'Rari, ayy”

  679 (feat. Monty) · Fetty Wap

  strains against Proverbs 4:16-17

  Weapons and violence are worn as status symbols here rather than treated with any gravity or caution.

• “I don't need no Smith & Wesson”

  Moonlight (Instrumental) · XXXTENTACION

  strains against Proverbs 4:16-17

  The boast of violence here runs counter to wisdom literature's warning against feeding on violence as a way of life.

• “I got two twin Glocks, turn you to a dancer”

  Ransom · Lil Tecca

  strains against Proverbs 4:16-17

  Violence described almost playfully here is far from the wisdom tradition's warning that the wicked cannot sleep till they've done harm.