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The Enticement of Sin

Proverbs 1:16

In 10 translations

BSB
For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.
KJV
For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
WEB
for their feet run to evil. They hurry to shed blood.
ASV
For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood.
LSV
For their feet run to evil, || And they hurry to shed blood.
YLT
For their feet to evil do run, And they haste to shed blood.
DBY
for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.
DRC
For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
GNV
For their feete runne to euill, and make haste to shed blood.
JPS
For their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.

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Original-language editions

WLC
כִּ֣י רַ֭גְלֵיהֶם לָרַ֣ע יָר֑וּצוּ וִֽ֝ימַהֲר֗וּ לִשְׁפָּךְ־דָּֽם׃

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Isaiah 59:7Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.
  • Proverbs 6:18a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,
  • Proverbs 4:16For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.
  • Romans 3:5But if our unrighteousness highlights the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unjust to inflict His wrath on us? I am speaking in human terms.

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