Proverbs 1:16
They rush to do evil deeds! They hurry to murder [MTY] people.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
In Context
15My son, do not accompany them! Do not walk on the roads with them!
Cross References
Proverbs 4:16because evil people cannot sleep if they have not done some evil deed on that day. They cannot rest if they have not harmed someone.
Isaiah 59:7You [SYN] are very quick to go and do evil things, and you hurry to murder people [MTY] who are innocent. You are continually thinking about sinning. Wherever you go, you destroy things and cause people to suffer.
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 →