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

  • Prov 6:12-17
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    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,

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

    16 Destruction and misery are in their ways:

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Ps 36:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

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

  • 3 That 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • 17 But 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.