Proverbs 1:16

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

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 animal has devoured him, and we shall see what will become of his dreams.”

Proverbs 1:17

For in vain is the net baited while the bird is looking on;

Proverbs 12:6

The words of the wicked are a deadly ambush, but the speech of the upright delivers them.

Proverbs 4:16

For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong; they are robbed of sleep unless they have made 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 hurry to run to evil,

Isaiah 59:7

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

Romans 3:5

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

1 Samuel 19:10

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