Proverbs 1:16
For their feet rush to evil, and they hurry to shed blood.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
In Context
15My son, do not walk with them. Preclude your feet from their paths.
17But a net is thrown in vain before the eyes of those who have wings.
Cross References
Proverbs 4:16For they do not sleep, unless they have done evil. And their sleep is quickly taken away from them, unless they have overthrown.
Isaiah 59:7Their feet run to evil, and they rush to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are useless thoughts; devastation and destruction are in their ways.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 1:11-20
Parental Admonitions. 10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. 11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: 12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: 13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: 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: 16 For their feet run to… Read the whole commentary →