Proverbs 6:18

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
a heart that plots wicked schemes,feet eager to run to evil,

Hebrew Names Version
A heart that devises wicked schemes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief,

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

English Standard Version
a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil,

New Century Version
a mind that thinks up evil plans, feet that are quick to do evil,

New English Translation
a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that are swift to run to evil,

Amplified Bible
A heart that creates wicked plans, Feet that run swiftly to evil,

New American Standard Bible
A heart that devises wicked plans, Feet that run rapidly to evil,

World English Bible
A heart that devises wicked schemes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief,

Geneva Bible (1587)
An heart that imagineth wicked enterprises, feete that be swift in running to mischiefe,

Legacy Standard Bible
A heart that devises wicked thoughts,Feet that hasten to run to evil,

Berean Standard Bible
a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,

Contemporary English Version
those who make evil plans or are quick to do wrong,

Complete Jewish Bible
a heart that plots wicked schemes, feet swift in running to do evil,

Darby Translation
a heart that deviseth wicked imaginations; feet that are swift in running to mischief;

Easy-to-Read Version
hearts that plan evil things to do, feet that run to do evil,

George Lamsa Translation
A heart that devises wicked imaginations, feet that are swift in running to mischief,

Good News Translation

Lexham English Bible
a devising heart, plans of deception, feet that hurry to run to evil,

Literal Translation
a heart that plots evil plans, feet hurrying to run to mischief,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
an herte yt goeth aboute wt wicked ymaginacios, fete that be swift in rennynge to do myschefe,

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

Bible in Basic English
A heart full of evil designs, feet which are quick in running after sin;

JPS Old Testament (1917)
A heart that deviseth wicked thoughts, feet that are swift in running to evil;

King James Version (1611)
An heart that deuiseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischiefe:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
An heart that goeth about wicked imaginations, feete that be swyft in running to mischiefe,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and a heart devising evil thoughts, and feet hastening to do evil, —are hateful to God.

English Revised Version
An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
an herte ymagynynge worste thouytis, feet swifte to renne in to yuel,

Update Bible Version
A heart that devises wicked purposes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief,

Webster's Bible Translation
A heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that are swift in running to mischief,

New King James Version
A heart that devises wicked plans, Feet that are swift in running to evil,

New Living Translation
a heart that plots evil, feet that race to do wrong,

New Life Bible
a heart that makes sinful plans, feet that run fast to sin,

New Revised Standard
a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that hurry to run to evil,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
A heart contriving iniquitous devices, feet hasting to run into mischief;

Douay-Rheims Bible
A heart that deviseth wicked plots, feet that are swift to run into mischief,

Revised Standard Version
a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil,

Young's Literal Translation
A heart devising thoughts of vanity -- Feet hasting to run to evil --

New American Standard Bible (1995)
A heart that devises wicked plans, Feet that run rapidly to evil,

Contextual Overview

¹²Riffraff and rascals talk out of both sides of their mouths. They wink at each other, they shuffle their feet, they cross their fingers behind their backs. Their perverse minds are always cooking up something nasty, always stirring up trouble. Catastrophe is just around the corner for them, a total smashup, their lives ruined beyond repair. ¹⁶Here are six things God hates, and one more that he loathes with a passion: eyes that are arrogant, a tongue that lies, hands that murder the innocent, a heart that hatches evil plots, feet that race down a wicked track, a mouth that lies under oath, a troublemaker in the family.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

heart: Proverbs 24:8, Genesis 6:5, Psalms 36:4, Jeremiah 4:14, Micah 2:1, Zechariah 8:17

feet: Proverbs 1:16, Isaiah 59:7, Romans 3:15

Reciprocal: Genesis 19:4 - But Psalms 52:1 - mischief Proverbs 3:29 - Devise not evil Proverbs 6:14 - he deviseth Proverbs 12:2 - a man Proverbs 14:17 - a man Ezekiel 38:10 - think an evil thought Zechariah 7:10 - imagine

Cross-References

Genesis 6:9
This is the story of Noah: Noah was a good man, a man of integrity in his community. Noah walked with God. Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Genesis 7:1
Next God said to Noah, "Now board the ship, you and all your family—out of everyone in this generation, you're the righteous one.

Genesis 7:13
That's the day Noah and his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, accompanied by his wife and his sons' wives, boarded the ship. And with them every kind of wild and domestic animal, right down to all the kinds of creatures that crawl and all kinds of birds and anything that flies. They came to Noah and to the ship in pairs—everything and anything that had the breath of life in it, male and female of every creature came just as God had commanded Noah. Then God shut the door behind him.

Isaiah 26:20
Come, my people, go home and shut yourselves in. Go into seclusion for a while until the punishing wrath is past, Because God is sure to come from his place to punish the wrong of the people on earth. Earth itself will point out the bloodstains; it will show where the murdered have been hidden away.

Hebrews 11:7
By faith, Noah built a ship in the middle of dry land. He was warned about something he couldn't see, and acted on what he was told. The result? His family was saved. His act of faith drew a sharp line between the evil of the unbelieving world and the rightness of the believing world. As a result, Noah became intimate with God.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations,.... Or, "thoughts of wickedness" e; which are framed and formed in the heart: and this being the source and fountain of all wickedness, is placed in the midst of these hateful and abominable things; :-; evil thoughts and designs, both against God and men, are intended, which are forged and fabricated in the wicked heart of man; and may respect the depths of Satan in the antichristian beast of Rome, Revelation 2:24;

feet that be swift in running to mischief; to commit all manner of sin with greediness, especially murder; see Proverbs 1:16.

e מחשבות און "cogitationes iniquitatis", Montanus; "cogitationes vanitatis", Cocceius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A new section, but not a new subject. The closing words, “he that soweth discord” (Proverbs 6:19, compare Proverbs 6:14), lead us to identify the sketch as taken from the same character. With the recognized Hebrew form of climax (see Proverbs 30:15, Proverbs 30:18, Proverbs 30:24; Amos 1:1-15; Amos 2:0; Job 5:19), the teacher here enumerates six qualities as detestable, and the seventh as worse than all (seven represents completeness), but all the seven in this instance belong to one man, the man of Belial Proverbs 6:12.