Proverbs 1:16

New English Translation

for they are eager to inflict harm, and they hasten to shed blood.

Cross References

Genesis 37:20

Come now, let’s kill him, throw him into one of the cisterns, and then say that a wild animal ate him. Then we’ll see how his dreams turn out!”

Proverbs 1:17

Surely it is futile to spread a net in plain sight of any bird,

Proverbs 12:6

The words of the wicked lie in wait to shed innocent blood, but the words of the upright will deliver them.

Proverbs 4:16

For they cannot sleep unless they cause harm; they are robbed of sleep until they make someone 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 are swift to run to evil,

Isaiah 59:7

They are eager to do evil, quick to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful; they crush and destroy.

Romans 3:5

But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? The God who inflicts wrath is not unrighteous, is he? (I am speaking in human terms.)

1 Samuel 19:10

Saul tried to nail David to the wall with the spear, but he escaped from Saul’s presence and the spear drove into the wall. David escaped quickly that night.