Proverbs 4:16-17

For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall. For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

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3 songs meet this passage

  • “I caught a felony lovin' the way the guns blow”

    I Ain't Mad At Cha (feat. Danny Boy) · 2Pac

    strains against Proverbs 4:16-17

    Glorifying violence as part of identity stands against wisdom's warning that such bread is bitter, not life-giving.

  • 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.

  • “Most of that sh- didn't even have to happen”

    Dead and Gone (feat. Justin Timberlake) · T.I.

    strains against Proverbs 4:14-17

    The verses warn against the path of violence the song describes being swept into; the song shows the wreckage of not heeding that warning.

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