Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version for their feet rush into evil, they are swift to shed blood. New Living Translation They rush to commit evil deeds. They hurry to commit murder. English Standard Version for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood. Berean Standard Bible For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood. King James Bible For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood. New King James Version For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood. New American Standard Bible For their feet run to evil, And they are quick to shed blood. NASB 1995 For their feet run to evil And they hasten to shed blood. NASB 1977 For their feet run to evil, And they hasten to shed blood. Legacy Standard Bible For their feet run to evil And they hasten to shed blood. Amplified Bible For their feet run to evil, And they hurry to shed blood. Christian Standard Bible because their feet run toward evil and they hurry to shed blood. Holman Christian Standard Bible because their feet run toward trouble and they hurry to commit murder. American Standard Version For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood. Contemporary English Version They are in a big hurry to commit some crime, perhaps even murder. English Revised Version For their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood. GOD'S WORD® Translation because they rush to do evil and hurry to shed blood. Good News Translation They can't wait to do something bad. They're always ready to kill. International Standard Version For they run toward evil; these enticers shed blood without hesitation. Majority Standard Bible For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood. NET Bible for they are eager to inflict harm, and they hasten to shed blood. New Heart English Bible for their feet run to evil. They hurry to shed blood. Webster's Bible Translation For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood. World English Bible for their feet run to evil. They hurry to shed blood. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionFor their feet run to evil, "" And they hurry to shed blood. Young's Literal Translation For their feet to evil do run, And they haste to shed blood. Smith's Literal Translation For their feet will run to evil, and they will hasten to pour out blood: Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleFor their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood. Catholic Public Domain Version For their feet rush to evil, and they hurry to shed blood. New American Bible [For their feet run to evil, they hasten to shed blood. ] New Revised Standard Version for their feet run to evil, and they hurry to shed blood. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleFor their feet run to evil, they make haste to shed blood. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Because their feet run to evil and hasten to shed innocent blood. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Enticement of Sin…15my son, do not walk the road with them or set foot upon their path. 16For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood. 17How futile it is to spread the net where any bird can see it!… Cross References Isaiah 59:7 Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake. Romans 3:15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood; Matthew 23:32-33 Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your fathers. / You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell? Jeremiah 2:34 Moreover, your skirts are stained with the blood of the innocent poor, though you did not find them breaking in. But in spite of all these things Micah 7:2-3 The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net. / Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together. Psalm 14:3 All have turned away, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one. Isaiah 1:15 When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood. Romans 1:29-32 They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips, / slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents. / They are senseless, faithless, heartless, merciless. ... Matthew 5:21-22 You have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not murder’ and ‘Anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’ / But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ will be subject to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be subject to the fire of hell. Isaiah 5:18-19 Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of deceit and pull sin along with cart ropes, / to those who say, “Let Him hurry and hasten His work so that we may see it! Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel come so that we may know it!” Jeremiah 18:12 But they will reply, ‘It is hopeless. We will follow our own plans, and each of us will act according to the stubbornness of his evil heart.’” Hosea 6:8-9 Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with footprints of blood. / Like raiders who lie in ambush, so does a band of priests; they murder on the way to Shechem; surely they have committed atrocities. Psalm 36:4 Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil. Luke 11:47-48 Woe to you! For you build tombs for the prophets, but it was your fathers who killed them. / So you are witnesses consenting to the deeds of your fathers: They killed the prophets, and you build their tombs. Isaiah 3:11 Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done. Treasury of Scripture For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood. Proverbs 4:16 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. Proverbs 6:18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, Isaiah 59:7 Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths. Jump to Previous Blood Evil Feet Haste Hasten Hurry Life Quick Run Running Rush Shed Sin SwiftJump to Next Blood Evil Feet Haste Hasten Hurry Life Quick Run Running Rush Shed Sin SwiftProverbs 1 1. The use of the proverbs7. An exhortation to fear God, and believe his word 10. to avoid the enticing of sinners 20. Wisdom complains of her contempt 24. She threatens her contemners For their feet run to evil The phrase "For their feet run to evil" suggests a natural inclination or eagerness towards wrongdoing. In the Hebrew text, the word for "run" (רוּץ, "ruts") conveys a sense of haste and urgency. This implies that those being described are not merely passive in their pursuit of evil but are actively and energetically seeking it out. Historically, this reflects the human condition post-Fall, where sin became an inherent part of human nature. Theologically, it serves as a warning against the ease with which one can be drawn into sinful behavior, emphasizing the need for vigilance and moral integrity. and they are swift to shed blood Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Forכִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction their feet רַ֭גְלֵיהֶם (raḡ·lê·hem) Noun - fdc | third person masculine plural Strong's 7272: A foot, a step, the pudenda run יָר֑וּצוּ (yā·rū·ṣū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 7323: To run to evil, לָרַ֣ע (lā·ra‘) Preposition-l, Article | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7451: Bad, evil and they are swift וִֽ֝ימַהֲר֗וּ (wî·ma·hă·rū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 4116: To be liquid, flow easily, to hurry, promptly to shed לִשְׁפָּךְ־ (liš·pāḵ-) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 8210: To spill forth, to expend, to sprawl out blood. דָּֽם׃ (dām) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1818: Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed Links Proverbs 1:16 NIVProverbs 1:16 NLT Proverbs 1:16 ESV Proverbs 1:16 NASB Proverbs 1:16 KJV Proverbs 1:16 BibleApps.com Proverbs 1:16 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 1:16 Chinese Bible Proverbs 1:16 French Bible Proverbs 1:16 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 1:16 For their feet run to evil (Prov. 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