Proverbs 1:16
For their feet run after evil, and they make haste to shed blood.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
In Context
15My son, walk not thou on the way with them; withhold thy foot from their path;
17For uselessly is the net spread out before the eyes of every winged bird:
Cross References
Proverbs 4:16For they sleep not, except they have done evil, and their sleep is robbed away, unless they cause some to stumble.
Isaiah 59:7Their feet run to what is evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of wickedness; wasting and destruction are on their highways.
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 →