Proverbs 1:16
For their feet run to evil, || And they hurry to shed blood.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
In Context
15My son! Do not go in the way with them, || Withhold your foot from their path,
17Surely in vain is the net spread out before the eyes of any bird.
Cross References
Proverbs 4:16For they do not sleep if they do no evil, || And their sleep has been taken away violently, || If they do not cause [some] to stumble.
Isaiah 59:7Their feet run to evil, || And they hurry to shed innocent blood, || Their thoughts [are] thoughts of iniquity, || Spoiling and destruction [are] in 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 →