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Proverbs 1:16

World English Bible

for their feet run to evil.
They hurry to shed blood.

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Proverbs 1:16 in other translations

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

Proverbs 1:16 · American Standard Version

Proverbs 1:16 in context

  1. 14You shall cast your lot among us.
    We’ll all have one purse.”
  2. 15My son, don’t walk on the path with them.
    Keep your foot from their path,
  3. 16for their feet run to evil.
    They hurry to shed blood.
  4. 17For the net is spread in vain in the sight of any bird;
  5. 18but these lay in wait for their own blood.
    They lurk secretly for their own lives.