Proverbs 6:18

Proverbs 6:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
• New International Version (NIV)a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil,
• English Standard Version (ESV)a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil,
• New King James Version (NKJV)A heart that devises wicked plans, Feet that are swift in running to evil,

Context of Proverbs 6:18

16There are six things that the Lord hates, even seven that are disgusting to him: 17arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that kill innocent people, a mind devising wicked plans, feet that are quick to do wrong, 19a dishonest witness spitting out lies, and a person who spreads conflict among relatives. 20My son, obey the command of your father, and do not disregard the teachings of your mother.

Proverbs 6:18 word by word

לֵ֗ב חֹ֭רֵשׁ מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת אָ֑וֶן רַגְלַ֥יִם מְ֝מַהֲר֗וֹת לָר֥וּץ לָֽרָעָה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• An heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• that devisethחָרַשׁchârash · to plow/plotH2790
• wickedאָ֫וֶן'âven · evil: wickednessH205
• imaginationsמַחֲשָׁבָהmachăshâbâh machăshebeth · plotH4284
• feetרֶ֫גֶלregel · footH7272
• that be swiftמָהַרmâhar · to hastenH4116
• in runningרוּץrûts · to run: runH7323
• to mischiefרָעָהra‛ râ‛âh · distress: evilH7451

Cross-references for Proverbs 6:18

• Proverbs 24:8Whoever plans to do evil will be known as a schemer.
• Genesis 6:5The Lord saw how evil humans had become on the earth. All day long their deepest thoughts were nothing but evil.
• Psalms 36:4He invents trouble while lying on his bed and chooses to go the wrong direction. He does not reject evil.
• Jeremiah 4:14Jerusalem, wash the evil from your heart so that you may be rescued. Don’t continue making evil plans.
• Micah 2:1How horrible it will be for those who invent trouble and work out plans for disaster while in bed. When the morning dawns, they carry out their plans because they are able to.
• Zechariah 8:17Don’t even think of doing evil to each other. Don’t enjoy false testimony. I hate all these things, declares the Lord.
• Proverbs 1:16because they rush to do evil and hurry to shed blood.
• Isaiah 59:7Their feet run to do evil. They hurry to shed innocent blood. Their plans are evil. Ruin and destruction are on their highways.
• Romans 3:15They run quickly to murder people.

Commentaries on Proverbs 6:18

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16-19Verses 16-19 A new section, but not a new subject. The closing words, “he that soweth discord” (Proverbs 6:19, compare Proverbs 6:14), lead us to identify the sketch as taken from the same character. With the recognized Hebrew form of climax (see Proverbs 30:15, Proverbs 30:18, Proverbs 30:24; Amos 1:1-15; 2; Job 5:19), the teacher here enumerates six qualities as detestable, and the seventh as worse than all (seven represents completeness), but all the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-19Verses 12-19 If the slothful are to be condemned, who do nothing, much more those that do all the ill they can. Observe how such a man is described. He says and does every thing artfully, and with design. His ruin shall come without warning, and without relief. Here is a list of things hateful to God. Those sins are in a special manner provoking to God, which are hurtful to the comfort of human life. These things which God hates, we must hate in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16-19The first line shows a number, and the second line increases it by one. This method, called number parallelism, introduces a list of items. It often highlights the most important final item (see also Proverbs 30:15–23).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 16-1916-19. six ... seven--a mode of speaking to arrest attention (Pr 30:15, 18; Job 5:19).Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 6:18

• Abomination
• False Teachers
• Falsehood
• Heart
• Imagination
• Malice
• Sin
• Speaking
• Strife
• Young Men

In the dictionaries

• Hunt
• Lust
• Naughtiness
• Suddenly
• Teach
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• Hezekiah (2)
• Imagination
• James, Epistle of
• Proverbs, the Book of

Commentaries on Proverbs 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings