Proverbs 4:17

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For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause [some] to fall.	For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.	But the path of the just [is] as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

For they eat^H3898 the bread^H3899 of wickedness^H7562, and drink^H8354 the wine^H3196 of violence^H2555.

Original Hebrew

כִּי לָחֲמוּ לֶחֶם רֶשַׁע וְיֵין חֲמָסִים יִשְׁתּוּ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
כִּ֣י	ki	H3588	HC	for
לָ֭חֲמוּ	La.cha.mu	H3898	HVqp3cp	they eat
לֶ֣חֶם	Le.chem	H3899	HNcbsc	(the) bread of
רֶ֑שַׁע	Re.sha'	H7562	HNcmsa	wickedness
וְ/יֵ֖ין	ve./Yein	H3196	HC/Ncmsc	and/ (the) wine of
חֲמָסִ֣ים	cha.ma.Sim	H2555	HNcmpa	violence(s)
יִשְׁתּֽוּ	yish.Tu	H8354	HVqi3mp	they drink

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H2555 — חָמָס (châmâç, khaw-mawce'): from חָמַס; violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain; cruel(-ty), damage, false, injustice, [idiom] oppressor, unrighteous, violence (against, done), violent (dealing), wrong.
H3196 — יַיִן (yayin, yah'-yin): from an unused root meaning to effervesce; wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication; banqueting, wine, wine(-bibber).
H3898 — לָחַם (lâcham, law-kham'): a primitive root; to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction); devour, eat, [idiom] ever, fight(-ing), overcome, prevail, (make) war(-ring).
H3899 — לֶחֶם (lechem, lekh'-em): from לָחַם; See also בֵּית לְעַפְרָה; food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it); (shew-) bread, [idiom] eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals.
H7562 — רֶשַׁע (reshaʻ, reh'-shah): from רָשַׁע; a wrong (especially moral); iniquity, wicked(-ness).
H8354 — שָׁתָה (shâthâh, shaw-thaw'): a primitive root; to imbibe (literally or figuratively); [idiom] assuredly, banquet, [idiom] certainly, drink(-er, -ing), drunk ([idiom] -ard), surely. (Prop. intensive of שָׁקָה.)

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.

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