Proverbs 1:16

Proverbs 1:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
• New International Version (NIV)for their feet rush into evil, they are swift 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.

Context of Proverbs 1:16

14Come, throw in your lot with us; we’ll all share the loot.” 15My child, don’t go along with them! Stay far away from their paths. They rush to commit evil deeds. They hurry to commit murder. 17If a bird sees a trap being set, it knows to stay away. 18But these people set an ambush for themselves; they are trying to get themselves killed.

Proverbs 1:16 word by word

כִּ֣י רַ֭גְלֵיהֶם לָרַ֣ע יָר֑וּצוּ וִֽ֝ימַהֲר֗וּ לִשְׁפָּךְ־דָּֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For their feetרֶ֫גֶלregel · footH7272
• runרוּץrûts · to run: runH7323
• to evilרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: evilH7451
• and make hasteמָהַרmâhar · to hastenH4116
• to shedשָׁפַךְshâphak · to pour: killH8210
• bloodדָּםdâm · bloodH1818

Cross-references for Proverbs 1:16

• Proverbs 4:16For evil people can’t sleep until they’ve done their evil deed for the day. They can’t rest until they’ve caused someone to stumble.
• Proverbs 6:18a heart that plots evil, feet that race to do wrong,
• Isaiah 59:7Their feet run to do evil, and they rush to commit murder. They think only about sinning. Misery and destruction always follow them.
• Romans 3:5“But,” some might say, “our sinfulness serves a good purpose, for it helps people see how righteous God is. Isn’t it unfair, then, for him to punish us?” (This is merely a human point of view.)

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

Topics related to Proverbs 1:16

• Homicide
• Robbers
• Temptation
• Young Men

In the dictionaries

• Call
• Consent
• Despise
• Entice
• Hate
• Lurk
• Naught
• Prosperity
• Proverb
• Refrain

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