Proverbs 1:16
+ 1:16 this verse is not in the text. The Alexandrine text is shown here For their feet run to do evil, and are swift to shed blood.
LXX2012 (British)
In The King James Version
For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
In Context
15go not in the way with them, but turn aside your foot from their paths:
17for nets are not without cause spread for birds.
Cross References
Proverbs 4:16For they can’t sleep, unless they have done evil: their sleep is taken away, and they rest not.
Isaiah 59:7And + 59:7 Rom 3:15-17 their feet run to wickedness, swift to shed blood; their thoughts also are thoughts + 59:7 Gr. from murders, but Alex. reads ὐφρόνων. of murder; destruction and misery are in their ways;
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 →