Proverbs 6:18
A heart devising thoughts of vanity — Feet hasting to run to evil —
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
In Context
17Eyes high — tongues false — And hands shedding innocent blood —
19A false witness [who] doth breathe out lies — And one sending forth contentions between brethren.
Cross References
Psalms 36:4Iniquity he deviseth on his bed, He stationeth himself on a way not good, Evil he doth not refuse.'
Proverbs 15:26An abomination to Jehovah [are] thoughts of wickedness, And pure [are] sayings of pleasantness.
Isaiah 59:7Their feet to evil do run, And they haste 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 light of the morning they do it, For their hand is — to God.
Romans 3:15Swift [are] their feet 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 →