Proverbs 1:16
For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
*For their feete runne to euil, and make haste to shed blood.
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- *Cross-referenceIsa.59.7. rom.3.15.
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- Isaiah 59:7Rank 1 from verse 16
7Their 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.
7*†Their feete runne to euill, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity, wasting & destruction are in their paths.
- Proverbs 6:18Rank 2 from verse 16
- Proverbs 4:16Rank 3 from verse 16
- Romans 3:5Rank 4 from verse 16
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Proverbs 1:16
1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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To move swiftly on foot; to flow, spread, proceed, continue, or carry out a course.
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Sense 1: Moral wickedness, sin, wrong, or corruption. Sense 2: Harm, misery, calamity, adversity, or punishment.
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To form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
1. To move or act quickly or without delay. 2. Speed or hurry in action.
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To pour out, spill, cast off, or cause to flow, especially blood.
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Sense 1: The bodily fluid associated with physical life. Sense 2: Life taken, bloodshed, or guilt and responsibility for it. Sense 3: Kindred, shared human descent, or natural human nature. Sense 4: The juice of grapes.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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1:10¶ My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
1:10¶ My sonne, if sinners entise thee, consent thou not.
1:11If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
1:11If they say, Come with vs, let vs lay wait for blood, let vs lurke priuily for the innocent without cause:
1:12Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
1:12Let vs swallow them vp aliue, as the graue, and whole, as those that goe downe into the pit:
1:13We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
1:13Wee shall finde all precious substance, wee shall fill our houses with spoile:
1:14Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:
1:14Cast in thy lot among vs, let vs all haue one purse:
1:15My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
1:15My sonne, walke not thou in the way with them; refraine thy foot from their path:
1:16For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
1:16*For their feete runne to euil, and make haste to shed blood.
Selected passage1:17Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
1:17Surely in vaine the net is spread †in the sight of any bird.
1:18And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
1:18And they lay wait for their owne blood, they lurke priuily for their owne liues.
1:19So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
1:19So are the waies of euery one that is greedie of gaine: which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.