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Proverbs 1:16 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 1 · verse 16
For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.Proverbs 1:16 · King James Version
Proverbs 1:16 in context
14Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:
15My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
16For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
17Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
18And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- hastemâharproperly, to be liquid or flow easilyH4116 →
- feetregela footH7272 →
- evilraʻbad or evilH7451 →
- shedshâphakto spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metalH8210 →
- runrûwtsto runH7323 →
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Here Solomon gives another general rule to young people, in order to their finding out, and keeping in, the paths of wisdom, and that is to take heed of the snare of bad company. David's psalms begin with this caution, and so do Solomon's proverbs;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 10-19