Proverbs 1:16 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

because their feet run to evil; they hurry to spill blood.

Catholic Public Domain Version

For their feet rush to evil, and they hurry to shed blood.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Proverbs 1:16 Cross References

Genesis 37:20

Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits; then we shall say that a wild beast has devoured him, and we shall see what will become of his dreams.”

Proverbs 1:17

For in vain is a net spread in the sight of any bird;

Proverbs 12:6

The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright delivers men.

Proverbs 4:16

For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong; they are robbed of sleep unless they have made some one stumble.

Proverbs 6:17

haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

Proverbs 6:18

a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil,

Isaiah 59:7

Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood; their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity, desolation and destruction are in their highways.

Romans 3:5

But if our wickedness serves to show the justice of God, what shall we say? That God is unjust to inflict wrath on us? (I speak in a human way.)

1 Samuel 19:10

And Saul sought to pin David to the wall with the spear; but he eluded Saul, so that he struck the spear into the wall. And David fled, and escaped.