Verse 18
Proverbs 6:18
English Revised Version
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An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief;
Original Language Text
hebrew
לֵ֗ב חֹ֭רֵשׁ מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת אָ֑וֶן רַגְלַ֥יִם מְ֝מַהֲר֗וֹת לָ/ר֥וּץ לָֽ/רָעָה
English Translation
A heart devises wicked thoughts; feet are quick to run to evil.
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Chapter 6 Context
1
My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbour, if thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger,
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Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
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Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbour; go, h...
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Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
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Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
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Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
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Which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,
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Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
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How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
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Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
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So shall thy poverty come as a robber, and thy want as an armed man.
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A worthless person, a man of iniquity; he walketh with a froward mouth;
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He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he maketh signs with his fingers;
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Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth evil continually; he soweth discord.
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Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; on a sudden shall he be broken and that without remedy.
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There be six things which the LORD hateth; yea, seven which are an abomination unto him:
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Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood;
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An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief;
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A false witness that uttereth lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
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My son, keep the commandment of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
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Bind them continually upon thine heart, tie them about thy neck.
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When thou walkest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee; and when thou a...
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For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life...
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To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the stranger’s tongue.
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Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
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For on account of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress hunteth f...
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Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
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Or can one walk upon hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?
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So he that goeth in to his nieghbour’s wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be unpunished.
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Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry:
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But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
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He that committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: he doeth it that would destroy hi...
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Wounds and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
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For jealousy is the rage of a man; and he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
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He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
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