18An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
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And GOD 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.
For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
Their feet are swift to shed blood:
Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-19)Solomon here gives us, I. The characters of one that is mischievous to man and dangerous to be dealt with. If the slothful are to be condemned, that do nothing, much more those that do ill, and contrive to do all the ill they can. It is a naughty person that is here spoken of, Heb. A man of Belial ; I think it should have been so translated, because it is a term often used in scripture, and this i…
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