Proverbs 1:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.”
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Read Proverbs 1:16 in the flow of Proverbs1 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Proverbs1 to see the surrounding context.
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BSBPD
“For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“For their feet to evil do run, And they haste to shed blood.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Proverbs 1:16 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 37:20“Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can say that a vicious animal has devoured him. Then we shall see what becomes of his dreams!”
- Proverbs 4:16For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.
- Proverbs 6:18a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,
- Isaiah 59:7Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.
- Romans 3:5But 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.
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