Proverbs 4:19 (BSB)

But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.

From Proverbs 4. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 4:19

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 4:14-19: Some make David's instructions to Solomon, which began Pro 4:4, to continue to the end of the chapter; nay, some continue them to the end of the ninth chapter; but it is more probable that Solomon begins here again, if not sooner. In these verses, having exhorted us to walk in the paths of wisdom, he cautions us against the path of the wicked. 1.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 4:19: The way of the wicked is as darkness,.... They are in the darkness of sin, ignorance, error, and unbelief; their works are works of darkness; the way in which they are leads to eternal darkness, ruin, and misery, and so must be most uncomfortable and dangerous; they know not at what they stumble; they stumble at the word, which they are ignorant of, and at...
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 4:18-19: Pro 4:18-19 The two ways that lie for his choice before the youth, are distinguished from one another as light is from darkness: 18 And the path of the just is like the brightness of the morning light, Which shines more and more till the perfect day. 19 The way of the wicked is deep darkness, They know not at what they stumble. The Hebr.