Proverbs 6:18
What does Proverbs 6:18 mean?
A plain-English look at Proverbs 6:18 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000A heart that deviseth wicked purposes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief,
KJV
King James Version · 1611An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901A heart that deviseth wicked purposes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief,
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949A heart full of evil designs, feet which are quick in running after sin;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862A heart devising thoughts of vanity--Feet hasting to run to evil--
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752A heart that deviseth wicked plots, feet that are swift to run into mischief,
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890a heart that deviseth wicked imaginations; feet that are swift in running to mischief;
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 36:4
He deviseth iniquity upon his bed; He setteth himself in a way that is not good; He abhorreth not evil.
- Proverbs 24:8
He that deviseth to do evil, Men shall call him a mischief-maker.
- Isaiah 59:7
Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their paths.
- Zechariah 8:17
and let none of you devise evil in your hearts against his neighbor; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith Jehovah.
- Genesis 6:5
And Jehovah 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.
- Jeremiah 4:14
O Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thine evil thoughts lodge within thee?
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