Proverbs 1:16

New King James Version

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

Cross References

Genesis 37:20

Come therefore, let us now kill him and cast him into some pit; and we shall say, ‘Some wild beast has devoured him.’ We shall 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 are, “Lie in wait for blood,” But the mouth of the upright will deliver them.

Proverbs 4:16

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

Proverbs 6:17

A proud look, A lying tongue, 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; Wasting and destruction are in their paths.

Romans 3:5

But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unjust who inflicts wrath? (I speak as a man.)

1 Samuel 19:10

Then Saul sought to pin David to the wall with the spear, but he slipped away from Saul’s presence; and he drove the spear into the wall. So David fled and escaped that night.