Proverbs 6:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

A heart full of evil designs, feet which are quick in running after sin;

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 6:5 : 5 And the Lord saw that the sin of man was great on the earth, and that all the thoughts of his heart were evil.
  • Prov 1:16 : 16 For their feet are running after evil, and they are quick to take a man's life.
  • Rom 3:15 : 15 Their feet are quick in running after blood;
  • Zech 8:17 : 17 Let no one have any evil thought in his heart against his neighbour; and have no love for false oaths: for all these things are hated by me, says the Lord.
  • Isa 59:7 : 7 Their feet go quickly to evil, and they take delight in the death of the upright; their thoughts are thoughts of sin; wasting and destruction are in their ways.
  • Jer 4:14 : 14 O Jerusalem, make your heart clean from evil, so that you may have salvation. How long are evil purposes to have a resting-place in you?
  • Ps 36:4 : 4 He gives thought to evil on his bed; he takes a way which is not good; he is not a hater of evil.
  • Prov 24:8 : 8 He whose purposes are bad will be named a man of evil designs.
  • Mic 2:1 : 1 A curse on the designers of evil, working on their beds! in the morning light they do it, because it is in their power.

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  • Prov 1:16
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    16 For their feet are running after evil, and they are quick to take a man's life.

  • Prov 6:12-17
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    12 A good-for-nothing man is an evil-doer; he goes on his way causing trouble with false words;

    13 Making signs with his eyes, rubbing with his feet, and giving news with his fingers;

    14 His mind is ever designing evil: he lets loose violent acts.

    15 For this cause his downfall will be sudden; quickly he will be broken, and there will be no help for him.

    16 Six things are hated by the Lord; seven things are disgusting to him:

    17 Eyes of pride, a false tongue, hands which take life without cause;

  • Rom 3:15-16
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    15 Their feet are quick in running after blood;

    16 Destruction and trouble are in their ways;

  • Isa 59:7
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    7 Their feet go quickly to evil, and they take delight in the death of the upright; their thoughts are thoughts of sin; wasting and destruction are in their ways.

  • Prov 24:2
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    2 For the purposes of their hearts are destruction, and their lips are talking of trouble.

  • Prov 24:8
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    8 He whose purposes are bad will be named a man of evil designs.

  • Prov 6:19
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    19 A false witness, breathing out untrue words, and one who lets loose violent acts among brothers.

  • Matt 15:19
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    19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, the taking of life, broken faith between the married, unclean desires of the flesh, taking of property, false witness, bitter words:

  • Ps 58:2
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    2 The purposes of your hearts are evil; your hands are full of cruel doings on the earth.

  • Prov 12:20
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    20 Deceit is in the heart of those whose designs are evil, but for those purposing peace there is joy.

  • Prov 16:30
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    30 He whose eyes are shut is a man of twisted purposes, and he who keeps his lips shut tight makes evil come about.

  • Prov 17:20
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    20 Nothing good comes to him whose heart is fixed on evil purposes: and he who has an evil tongue will come to trouble.

  • Ps 36:3-4
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    3 In the words of his mouth are evil and deceit; he has given up being wise and doing good.

    4 He gives thought to evil on his bed; he takes a way which is not good; he is not a hater of evil.

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    2 For their hearts are full of evil designs; and they are ever making ready causes of war.

  • Mark 7:21-22
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    21 Because from inside, from the heart of men, come evil thoughts and unclean pleasures,

    22 The taking of goods and of life, broken faith between husband and wife, the desire of wealth, wrongdoing, deceit, sins of the flesh, an evil eye, angry words, pride, foolish acts:

  • Job 15:35
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    35 Evil has made them with child, and they give birth to trouble; and the fruit of their body is shame for themselves.

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    4 A wrongdoer gives attention to evil lips, and a man of deceit gives ear to a damaging tongue.

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    5 The purposes of upright men are right, but the designs of evil-doers are deceit.

    6 The words of sinners are destruction for the upright; but the mouth of upright men is their salvation.

  • Prov 16:9
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    9 A man may make designs for his way, but the Lord is the guide of his steps.

  • Ps 10:7
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    7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and false words: under his tongue are evil purposes and dark thoughts.

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    9 The heart is a twisted thing, not to be searched out by man: who is able to have knowledge of it?

  • Ps 50:19
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    19 You have given your mouth to evil, your tongue to words of deceit.

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    14 Who take pleasure in wrongdoing, and have joy in the evil designs of the sinner;

    15 Whose ways are not straight, and whose footsteps are turned to evil:

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    2 Further, without knowledge desire is not good; and he who is over-quick in acting goes out of the right way.

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    6 Or make discovery of our secret purpose? The design is framed with care; and the inner thought of a man, and his heart, is deep.

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    2 Purposing destruction, using deceit; your tongue is like a sharp blade.

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    1 A curse on the designers of evil, working on their beds! in the morning light they do it, because it is in their power.

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    5 And the Lord saw that the sin of man was great on the earth, and that all the thoughts of his heart were evil.

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    11 One has gone out from you who is designing evil against the Lord, whose purposes are of no value.

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    3 Their hands are made ready to do evil; the ruler makes requests for money, and the judge is looking for a reward; and the great man gives decisions at his pleasure, and the right is twisted.

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    20 The uncontrolled are hated by the Lord, but those whose ways are without error are his delight

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    1 <To the chief music-maker. Of the servant of the Lord. Of David.> The sin of the evil-doer says in his heart, There is no fear of the Lord before his eyes.

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    23 A sinner takes an offering out of his robe, to get a decision for himself in a cause.

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    30 A quiet mind is the life of the body, but envy is a disease in the bones.

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    14 That man is a worker of evil; the seed of wrongdoing has given birth to deceit.

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    27 A good-for-nothing man is a designer of evil, and in his lips there is a burning fire.

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    3 For the evil-doer is lifted up because of the purpose of his heart, and he whose mind is fixed on wealth is turned away from the Lord, saying evil against him.

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    26 Evil designs are disgusting to the Lord, but the words of the clean-hearted are pleasing.

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    17 But your eyes and your heart are fixed only on profit for yourself, on causing the death of him who has done no wrong, and on violent and cruel acts.