a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil,
The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.
“Their feet are swift to shed blood;
O Jerusalem, wash your heart from evil, that you may be saved. How long shall your wicked thoughts lodge within you?
Their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed innocent blood; their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their highways.
do not devise evil in your hearts against one another, and love no false oath, for all these things I hate, declares the Lord.”
Woe to those who devise wickedness and work evil on their beds! When the morning dawns, they perform it, because it is in the power of their hand.
Whoever plans to do evil will be called a schemer.
He plots trouble while on his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he does not reject evil.
for their hearts devise violence, and their lips talk of trouble.
The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord, but gracious words are pure.