Proverbs 6:18

Proverbs chapter 6 · verse 18 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

A heart that deviseth wicked purposes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief,

King James Version · 1611

An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,

American Standard Version · 1901

A heart that deviseth wicked purposes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief,

v.17Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood;

v.18This passage

v.19A false witness that uttereth lies, And he that soweth discord among brethren.

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?