Proverbs 1:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Prov 6:18 : 18 A heart that devises wicked imaginations, feet that are swift in running to mischief,
  • Isa 59:7 : 7 Their feet run to evil, and they hurry to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; devastation and destruction are in their paths.
  • Rom 3:5 : 5 But if our unrighteousness highlights the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who inflicts wrath? (I speak as a man)
  • Prov 4:16 : 16 For they do not sleep unless they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall.

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    14 'Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.'

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    6 Their webs will not become garments, nor will they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.

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    15 My son, do not walk in the way with them, hold back your foot from their path;

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    14 Do not enter the path of the wicked, and do not walk in the way of evil men.

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