Proverbs 6:18
An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
Proverbs 6:18 in other translations
| BSB | a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil, |
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| WEB | a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief, |
| ASV | A heart that deviseth wicked purposes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief, |
| YLT | A heart devising thoughts of vanity--Feet hasting to run to evil-- |
| DARBY | a heart that deviseth wicked imaginations; feet that are swift in running to mischief; |
| BBE | A heart full of evil designs, feet which are quick in running after sin; |
| Webster | A heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that are swift in running to mischief, |
What does Proverbs 6:18 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 6:16-19
16-19. six ... seven--a mode of speaking to arrest attention (Pr 30:15, 18; Job 5:19).
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 6:12-19
If the slothful are to be condemned, who do nothing, much more those that do all the ill they can. Observe how such a man is described. He says and does every thing artfully, and with design. His ruin shall come without warning, and without relief. Here is a list of things hateful to God. Those sins are in a special manner provoking to God, which are hurtful to the comfort of human life. These things which God…
Proverbs 6:18 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 6:18
- Genesis 6:5
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.
- Proverbs 1:16
For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
- Jeremiah 4:14
O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
- Psalms 36:4
He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.
- Romans 3:15
Their feet are swift to shed blood:
- Zechariah 8:17
And 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.
- Isaiah 59:7
Their 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.
- Micah 2:1
Woe 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.
- Proverbs 24:8
He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
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Context
- Proverbs 6:17
A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
- Proverbs 6:18
An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
- Proverbs 6:19
A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
Proverbs 6:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | El corazón que maquina pensamientos inicuos, los pies presurosos para correr al mal, |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | le cœur qui machine des projets d’iniquité, les pieds qui se hâtent de courir au mal, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | ein Herz, welches heillose Anschläge schmiedet, Füße, die eilends zum Bösen hinlaufen; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | cor machinans cogitationes pessimas, pedes veloces ad currendum in malum, |