Proverbs 1:16
for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
In Context
15my son, walk not in the way with them, keep back thy foot from their path;
17For in vain the net is spread in the sight of anything which hath wings.
Cross References
Proverbs 4:16For they sleep not except they have done mischief, and their sleep is taken away unless they have caused [some] to fall.
Isaiah 59:7Their 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;
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 →