Proverbs 6:18

King James Version 1611 (Original)

An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 6:5 : 5 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
  • Prov 1:16 : 16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
  • Rom 3:15 : 15 Their feet are swift to shed blood:
  • Zech 8:17 : 17 And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD.
  • Isa 59:7 : 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.
  • Jer 4:14 : 14 O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
  • Ps 36:4 : 4 He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.
  • Prov 24:8 : 8 He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
  • Mic 2:1 : 1 Woe 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 16For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

  • Prov 6:12-17
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    12A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.

    13He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;

    14Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.

    15Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.

    16These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

    17A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

  • Rom 3:15-16
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    15Their feet are swift to shed blood:

    16Destruction and misery are in their ways:

  • 7Their 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.

  • 2For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.

  • 8He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.

  • 19A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

  • 19For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

  • 2Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.

  • 20Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.

  • 30He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.

  • 20He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

  • Ps 36:3-4
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    74%

    3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.

    4He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.

  • 2Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war.

  • Mark 7:21-22
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    21For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

    22Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:

  • 35They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.

  • 4A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.

  • Prov 12:5-6
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    5The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

    6The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

  • 9A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.

  • 7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

  • 9The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

  • 19Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

  • Prov 2:14-15
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    14Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;

    15Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:

  • 2Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.

  • 6They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.

  • 2Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

  • 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.

  • 5And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

  • 11There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, a wicked counsellor.

  • 4An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.

  • 3That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.

  • 20They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.

  • 1The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.

  • 23A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

  • 30A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.

  • 14Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.

  • 27An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.

  • 3For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.

  • 26The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.

  • 17But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.