Proverbs Chapter 6 verse 18 Holy Bible
A heart that deviseth wicked purposes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief,
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A heart full of evil designs, feet which are quick in running after sin;
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a heart that deviseth wicked imaginations; feet that are swift in running to mischief;
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An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
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A heart that devises wicked schemes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief,
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A heart devising thoughts of vanity -- Feet hasting to run to evil --
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 18. - The fourth thing is an heart that deviseth wicked imaginations. "Wicked imaginations" are literally "thoughts of iniquity;" Hebrew, makh'sh'voth aven; Vulgate, cogitationes pessimas; LXX., λογισμοὺς κακοὺς. The same expression in Isaiah 59:7 is rendered "thoughts of iniquity." (On deviseth, Hebrew khoresh, see ver. 14 and ch. 3:29.) The thought is a repetition of ver. 14a. There are evil thoughts in all men's hearts; but the devising, fabricating of them, and thus making the heart into a devil's workshop, is the mark of utter depravity and wickedness, and is abhorrent to God. The devices of the heart, though planned in secret, are clear to him "to whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are bid." The peculiar position which the heart occupies in the enumeration is to be accounted for on the ground that it is the fountain, not only of those vices which have been already mentioned, but of those which follow. The fifth thing is feet that be swift in running to mischief. Again we are reminded of Isaiah 59:7, "Their feet run to evil." "Mischief" (Hebrew, ra) is a re-echo of ver. 14 and Proverbs 1:16. "To run to mischief" is to carry out with alacrity and without delay what has already been devised in the heart. It implies more than falling or sliding into sin, which is common to all. It denotes, Cornelius a Lapide remarks, "inexplebilem sceleris aviditatem, et destinatum studium."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(18) Feet that be swift in running to mischief.--Who do not yield to temptation after a struggle against it, but give themselves up as willing slaves to their lusts.(l). Twelfth Discourse:--Against Adultery (Proverbs 6:20-35).
