Proverbs 1:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.”

Proverbs 1:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Proverbs 1:16 in 6 Bible Translations

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Proverbs 1:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

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

Proverbs 1:16 — World English Bible

Proverbs 1:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

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

Proverbs 1:16 — American Standard Version

Proverbs 1:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“For their feet to evil do run, And they haste to shed blood.”

Proverbs 1:16 — Young's Literal Translation

Proverbs 1:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood. ”

Proverbs 1:16 — Darby Translation

Proverbs 1:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“For their feete runne to euill, and make haste to shed blood.”

Proverbs 1:16 — Geneva Bible

Proverbs 1:16 in Context — Proverbs 1

14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:

15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:

16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

18 And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.

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What Does Proverbs 1:16 Mean?

Proverbs 1:16 is a verse from the Book of Proverbs, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Proverbs chapter 1. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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