Proverbs 1:16
14 Throw in your lot with us; let us all share one purse”—
15 my son, do not walk the road with them or set foot upon their path.
For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.
17 How futile it is to spread the net where any bird can see it!
18 But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.
- KJV
- For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
- WEB
- for their feet run to evil. They hurry to shed blood.
- ASV
- For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood.
- DARBY
- for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.
- BLB
- for their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.
- ÅB
- For deres føtter haster til det onde, og de er snare til å utøse blod;
- OTB
- For de er raske til å forfølge urett, og de skynder seg å utgyte blod.
- B1930
- For deres føtter haster til det onde, og de er snare til å utøse blod;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 59:7
Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.
Read in contextProverbs 6:18
a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,
Read in contextProverbs 4:16
For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.
Read in contextRomans 3:5
But if our unrighteousness highlights the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unjust to inflict His wrath on us? I am speaking in human terms.
Read in context