Proverbs 1:16
For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
In Context
15my son, do not walk the road with them or set foot upon their path.
17How futile it is to spread the net where any bird can see it!
Cross References
Proverbs 4:16For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.
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.
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 →