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Proverbs 1:16
16for their feet rush into evil, they are swift to shed blood.
Proverbs 1:16 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
- English Standard Version (ESV)for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood.
- New Living Translation (NLT)They rush to commit evil deeds. They hurry to commit murder.
Context of Proverbs 1:16
14cast lots with us; we will all share the loot”— 15my son, do not go along with them, do not set foot on their paths; for their feet rush into evil, they are swift to shed blood. 17How useless to spread a net where every bird can see it! 18These men lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush only themselves!
Read all of Proverbs 1Proverbs 1:16 word by word
כִּ֣י רַ֭גְלֵיהֶם לָרַ֣ע יָר֑וּצוּ וִֽ֝ימַהֲר֗וּ לִשְׁפָּךְ־דָּֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 1:16
- Proverbs 4:16For they cannot rest until they do evil; they are robbed of sleep till they make someone stumble.
- Proverbs 6:18a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil,
- Isaiah 59:7Their feet rush into sin; they are swift to shed innocent blood. They pursue evil schemes; acts of violence mark their ways.
- Romans 3:5But if our unrighteousness brings out God’s righteousness more clearly, what shall we say? That God is unjust in bringing his wrath on us? (I am using a human argument.)
Commentaries on Proverbs 1:16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16For their feet run to evil - The whole of this verse is wanting in the Septuagint, and in the Arabic.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-19Verses 10-19 Wicked people are zealous in seducing others into the paths of the destroyer: sinners love company in sin. But they have so much the more to answer for. How cautious young people should be! "Consent thou not." Do not say as they say, nor do as they do, or would have thee to do; have no fellowship with them. Who could think that it should be a pleasure to one man to destroy another! See their idea of worldly wealth; but it is neither…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-19The father warns his child not to join a group of wrongdoers planning to attack innocent people. Their evil actions will eventually harm them (see Proverbs 28:10; Psalms 9:15; 35:8). The evil path involves violence and theft.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-1910-19. A solemn warning against temptation. entice--literally, "open the way." consent ... not--Sin is in consenting or yielding to temptation, not in being tempted.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 1
- 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
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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