Proverbs 1:16
For their feete runne to euill, and make haste to shed blood.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
In Context
15My sonne, walke not thou in the way with them: refraine thy foote from their path.
17Certainely as without cause the net is spred before the eyes of all that hath wing:
Cross References
Proverbs 4:16For they can not sleepe, except they haue done euill, and their sleepe departeth except they cause some to fall.
Isaiah 59:7Their feete runne to euill, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are wicked thoughts: desolation and destruction is in their paths.
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 →