Proverbs 1:16

American Standard Version (1901)

For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 6:18 : 18 A heart that deviseth wicked purposes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief,
  • Isa 59:7 : 7 Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their paths.
  • Rom 3:5 : 5 But if our righteousness commendeth the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who visiteth with wrath? (I speak after the manner of men.)
  • Prov 4:16 : 16 For they sleep not, except they do evil; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

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    14Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:

    15Their feet are swift to shed blood;

    16Destruction and misery are in their ways;

  • Isa 59:6-8
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    88%

    6Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.

    7Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their paths.

    8The way of peace they know not; and there is no justice in their goings: they have made them crooked paths; whosoever goeth therein doth not know peace.

  • Prov 1:15
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    15My son, walk not thou in the way with them; Refrain thy foot from their path:

  • Prov 6:17-18
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    82%

    17Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood;

    18A heart that deviseth wicked purposes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief,

  • Prov 1:17-19
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    80%

    17For in vain is the net spread In the sight of any bird:

    18And these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk privily for their own lives.

    19So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; It taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

  • Prov 1:10-11
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    10My son, if sinners entice thee, Consent thou not.

    11If they say, Come with us, Let us lay wait for blood; Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause;

  • Prov 2:12-15
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    76%

    12To deliver thee from the way of evil, From the men that speak perverse things;

    13Who forsake the paths of uprightness, To walk in the ways of darkness;

    14Who rejoice to do evil, And delight in the perverseness of evil;

    15Who are crooked in their ways, And wayward in their paths:

  • Prov 4:14-17
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    76%

    14Enter not into the path of the wicked, And walk not in the way of evil men.

    15Avoid it, pass not by it; Turn from it, and pass on.

    16For they sleep not, except they do evil; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

    17For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence.

  • Prov 24:2
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    2For their heart studieth oppression, And their lips talk of mischief.

  • Prov 19:2
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    2Also, that the soul be without knowledge is not good; And he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.

  • Prov 4:26-27
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    26Make level the path of thy feet, And let all thy ways be established.

    27Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: Remove thy foot from evil.

  • Hos 4:2
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    2There is nought but swearing and breaking faith, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery; they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

  • Mic 2:1
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    1Woe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.

  • Jer 5:26
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    26For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.

  • Isa 3:9
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    9The show of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have done evil unto themselves.

  • Prov 16:29
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    29A man of violence enticeth his neighbor, And leadeth him in a way that is not good.

  • Mic 7:3
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    3Their hands are upon that which is evil to do it diligently; the prince asketh, and the judge [is ready] for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth the evil desire of his soul: thus they weave it together.

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    5Her feet go down to death; Her steps take hold on Sheol;

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    3For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue muttereth wickedness.

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    2Nay, in heart ye work wickedness; Ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.

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    6They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, They mark my steps, Even as they have waited for my soul.

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    14In whose heart is perverseness, Who deviseth evil continually, Who soweth discord.

  • Job 18:8
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    8For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walketh upon the toils.

  • Prov 11:19
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    19He that is stedfast in righteousness [shall attain] unto life; And he that pursueth evil [doeth it] to his own death.

  • Job 22:15
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    15Wilt thou keep the old way Which wicked men have trodden?

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    15Let death come suddenly upon them, Let them go down alive into Sheol; For wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them.

  • Prov 4:19
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    19The way of the wicked is as darkness: They know not at what they stumble.

  • Eccl 8:11
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    11Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

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    1Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God; for to draw nigh to hear is better than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they know not that they do evil.

  • Prov 28:17
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    17A man that is laden with the blood of any person Shall flee unto the pit; Let no man stay him.

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    17The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: He that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.

  • Prov 22:5
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    5Thorns [and] snares are in the way of the perverse: He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them.

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    72%

    21They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, And condemn the innocent blood.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away, Because they refuse to do justice.

  • Ps 9:15
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    15The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made: In the net which they hid is their own foot taken.