Proverbs 6:18
A heart devising thoughts of vanity, || Feet hastening to run to evil,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
In Context
17High eyes, || False tongues, || And hands shedding innocent blood,
19A false witness [who] breathes out lies, || And one sending forth contentions between brothers.
Cross References
Psalms 36:4He devises iniquity on his bed, || He stations himself on a way not good, || He does not refuse evil.”
Proverbs 15:26Thoughts of wickedness [are] an abomination to YHWH, || And sayings of pleasantness [are] pure.
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.
Micah 2:1Woe [to] those devising iniquity, || And working evil on their beds, || In the morning light they do it, || For their hand is—to God.
Romans 3:15Their feet [are] swift to shed blood.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 6:13-20
The Seven Abominations. 12 A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. 13 He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers; 14 Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord. 15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy. 16 These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: 17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, 18 An heart that… Read the whole commentary →