Proverbs 1:16
14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:
15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
18 And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for 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, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.
Read in contextProverbs 6:18
An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
Read in contextProverbs 4:16
For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
Read in contextRomans 3:5
But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)
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