Spreuken 1:16

16 Want hun voeten lopen ten boze; en zij haasten zich om bloed te storten.

Spreuken 1:16 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 1:16

For their feet run to evil
To the evil of sin, to commit robberies and murder, and all manner of iniquity; they are eager upon it, and in haste and swift to do it, ( Proverbs 6:18 ) ^F24; being carried away with their inordinate affections, which are as feet to the soul; and drawn aside with their lusts, and pushed on by Satan, and, encouraged by one another, and so rush on headlong to the evil of punishment also; and which is a reason why their ways and paths should be abstained from, because they bring upon them swift destruction; it is to their own hurt they run, as Jarchi interprets it; though the first sense seems best to agree with what follows; and make haste to shed blood;
the blood of innocent persons, in order to get their substance, to cover their iniquity and shame, and that no information may be given of them; this is mentioned as having something very horrible in it, in order to deter from joining with them.

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 "Velox ad facinus", Claudian. in Rufin. l. 1. v. 240.

Spreuken 1:16 In-Context

14 Gij zult uw lot midden onder ons werpen; wij zullen allen een buidel hebben.

15 Mijn zoon! wandel niet met hen op den weg; weer uw voet van hun pad.

16 Want hun voeten lopen ten boze; en zij haasten zich om bloed te storten.

17 Zekerlijk, het net wordt tevergeefs gespreid voor de ogen van allerlei gevogelte;

18 En deze loeren op hun eigen bloed, en versteken zich tegen hun zielen.