Proverbs 1:16

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

Genesis 37:20

Come now, let us kill him and throw him into some pit, and we will say, ‘Some evil beast has devoured him.’ Then we will see what will become of his dreams.”

Proverbs 1:17

Surely, in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird;

Proverbs 12:6

The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright will deliver them.

Proverbs 4:16

For they do not sleep unless they have done evil; their sleep is taken away unless they make someone stumble.

Proverbs 6:17

a proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

Proverbs 6:18

a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that are swift in running to evil,

Isaiah 59:7

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

Romans 3:5

But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous in taking vengeance? (I am speaking in human terms.)

1 Samuel 19:10

Then Saul sought to pin David to the wall with the spear, but he escaped from Saul’s presence. He struck the spear into the wall. But David fled and escaped that night.