Proverbs 6:18
An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
*An heart that deuiseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischiefe:
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- *Cross-referenceRom.3.15.
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- Genesis 6:5Rank 1 from verse 18
5¶ And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
5¶ And God saw, that the wickednes of man was great in the earth, and that ‖euery imagination of the thoughts of his *heart was onely euill †continually.
- Proverbs 1:16Rank 2 from verse 18
- Jeremiah 4:14Rank 3 from verse 18
- Psalms 36:4Rank 4 from verse 18
- Romans 3:15Rank 5 from verse 18
- Isaiah 59:7Rank 6 from verse 18
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.
- Zechariah 8:17Rank 7 from verse 18
17And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the Lord.
17And let none of you imagine euill in your hearts against his neighbour, and loue no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD.
1WOE to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
1¶ Woe to them that deuise iniquitie, and worke euill vpon their beds: when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
- Proverbs 24:8Rank 9 from verse 18
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Proverbs 6:18
Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.
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Devises; plans, contrives, or purposes in the mind.
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imaginations
Thoughts, purposes, plans, or conceptions formed in the mind.
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Quick or fast in movement, action, or occurrence.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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That which runs or flows; the act of running or passing with speed; the discharge of an ulcer or other sore.
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Harm, hurt, injury, damage, or evil.
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6:16¶ These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
6:16¶ †These sixe things doeth the LORD hate; yea seuen are an abomination vnto him:
6:17A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
6:17†A proude looke, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood:
6:18An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
6:18*An heart that deuiseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischiefe:
Selected passage6:19A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
6:19A false witnesse that speaketh lies; and him that soweth discord among brethren.