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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/proverbs/6.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/proverbs/6.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/proverbs/6.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />a heart that plots evil, feet that race to do wrong,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/proverbs/6.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/proverbs/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/proverbs/6.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/proverbs/6.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />A heart that devises wicked plans, Feet that are swift in running to evil,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/proverbs/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />A heart that devises wicked plans, Feet that run rapidly to evil,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/proverbs/6.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />A heart that devises wicked plans, Feet that run rapidly to evil,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/proverbs/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />A heart that devises wicked plans, Feet that run rapidly to evil,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/proverbs/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />A heart that devises wicked thoughts, Feet that hasten to run to evil,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/proverbs/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />A heart that creates wicked plans, Feet that run swiftly to evil,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/proverbs/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />a heart that plots wicked schemes, feet eager to run to evil,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/proverbs/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />a heart that plots wicked schemes, feet eager to run to evil, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/proverbs/6.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />A heart that deviseth wicked purposes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/proverbs/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />those who make evil plans or are quick to do wrong, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/proverbs/6.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/proverbs/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />a mind devising wicked plans, feet that are quick to do wrong,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/proverbs/6.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />a heart crafting evil plans, feet running swiftly to wickedness,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/proverbs/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/proverbs/6.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that are swift to run to evil, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/proverbs/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/proverbs/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />A heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that are swift in running to mischief,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/proverbs/6.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/proverbs/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />A heart devising thoughts of vanity, "" Feet hastening to run to evil,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/proverbs/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> A heart devising thoughts of vanity -- Feet hasting to run to evil -- <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/proverbs/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />A heart fabricating purposes of iniquity; feet being quick to run to evil,<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/proverbs/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />A heart that deviseth wicked plots, feet that are swift to run into mischief, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/proverbs/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />a heart that devises the most wicked thoughts, feet running swiftly unto evil,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/proverbs/6.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />A heart that plots wicked schemes, feet that are quick to run to evil, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/proverbs/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that hurry to run to evil,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/proverbs/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />A heart that devises wicked imaginations, feet that are swift in running to mischief,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/proverbs/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />The heart that makes plans of depravity and feet that hasten to run to evil,<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/proverbs/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />A heart that deviseth wicked thoughts, Feet that are swift in running to evil;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/proverbs/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />and a heart devising evil thoughts, and feet hastening to do evil, - <i>are hateful to God</i>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/6-18.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kpUA5ZltBeQ?start=1015" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/proverbs/6.htm">Warnings Against Foolishness</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">17</span>haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, <span class="reftext">18</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3820.htm" title="3820: lêḇ (N-ms) -- A form of lebab; the heart; also used very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything.">a heart</a> <a href="/hebrew/2790.htm" title="2790: ḥō·rêš (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To cut in, engrave, plow, devise.">that devises</a> <a href="/hebrew/205.htm" title="205: ’ā·wen (N-ms) -- From an unused root perhaps meaning properly, to pant; strictly nothingness; also trouble. Vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol.">wicked</a> <a href="/hebrew/4284.htm" title="4284: maḥ·šə·ḇō·wṯ (N-fpc) -- Thought, device. Or machashebeth; from chashab; a contrivance, i.e. a texture, machine, or intention, plan.">schemes,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7272.htm" title="7272: raḡ·la·yim (N-fd) -- Foot. From ragal; a foot; by implication, a step; by euphem. The pudenda.">feet</a> <a href="/hebrew/7323.htm" title="7323: lā·rūṣ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To run. A primitive root; to run.">that run</a> <a href="/hebrew/4116.htm" title="4116: mə·ma·hă·rō·wṯ (V-Piel-Prtcpl-fp) -- To hasten. A primitive root; properly, to be liquid or flow easily, i.e. to hurry; often used adverbially, promptly.">swiftly</a> <a href="/hebrew/7451.htm" title="7451: lå̄·rå̄·ʿå̄h (Prep-l, Art:: Adj-fs) -- Bad, evil. From ra'a'; bad or evil.">to evil,</a> </span><span class="reftext">19</span>a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/17-9.htm">Jeremiah 17:9</a></span><br />The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/15-19.htm">Matthew 15:19</a></span><br />For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/7-21.htm">Mark 7:21-23</a></span><br />For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, / greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness. / All these evils come from within, and these are what defile a man.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/6-5.htm">Genesis 6:5</a></span><br />Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-28.htm">Romans 1:28-31</a></span><br />Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. / They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips, / slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/59-7.htm">Isaiah 59:7</a></span><br />Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/1-14.htm">James 1:14-15</a></span><br />But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed. / Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/36-4.htm">Psalm 36:4</a></span><br />Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/3-15.htm">Romans 3:15-18</a></span><br />“Their feet are swift to shed blood; / ruin and misery lie in their wake, / and the way of peace they have not known.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/2-1.htm">Micah 2:1</a></span><br />Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-28.htm">Matthew 5:28</a></span><br />But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/65-2.htm">Isaiah 65:2</a></span><br />All day long I have held out My hands to an obstinate people who walk in the wrong path, who follow their own imaginations,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/5-19.htm">Galatians 5:19-21</a></span><br />The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery; / idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions, / and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/140-2.htm">Psalm 140:2</a></span><br />who devise evil in their hearts and stir up war all day long.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/4-17.htm">Ephesians 4:17-19</a></span><br />So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. / They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts. / Having lost all sense of shame, they have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity, with a craving for more.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">An heart that devises wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,</p><p class="hdg">heart</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/24-8.htm">Proverbs 24:8</a></b></br> He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/6-5.htm">Genesis 6:5</a></b></br> And GOD saw that the wickedness of man <i>was</i> great in the earth, and <i>that</i> every imagination of the thoughts of his heart <i>was</i> only evil continually.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/36-4.htm">Psalm 36:4</a></b></br> He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way <i>that is</i> not good; he abhorreth not evil.</p><p class="hdg">feet</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/1-16.htm">Proverbs 1:16</a></b></br> For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/59-7.htm">Isaiah 59:7</a></b></br> Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts <i>are</i> thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction <i>are</i> in their paths.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/romans/3-15.htm">Romans 3:15</a></b></br> Their feet <i>are</i> swift to shed blood:</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/proverbs/3-29.htm">Designs</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-14.htm">Devises</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-14.htm">Deviseth</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-14.htm">Devising</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-14.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-13.htm">Feet</a> <a href="/proverbs/5-21.htm">Full</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-16.htm">Haste</a> <a href="/exodus/12-33.htm">Hasting</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-14.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/psalms/73-7.htm">Imaginations</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-14.htm">Mischief</a> <a href="/psalms/146-4.htm">Plans</a> <a href="/proverbs/2-11.htm">Purposes</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-16.htm">Quick</a> <a href="/ezra/5-8.htm">Rapidly</a> <a href="/proverbs/4-12.htm">Run</a> <a href="/proverbs/5-15.htm">Running</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-16.htm">Rush</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-31.htm">Schemes</a> <a href="/proverbs/5-22.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-16.htm">Swift</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-23.htm">Thoughts</a> <a href="/psalms/144-11.htm">Vanity</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-12.htm">Wicked</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/proverbs/11-6.htm">Designs</a> <a href="/proverbs/12-2.htm">Devises</a> <a href="/proverbs/16-9.htm">Deviseth</a> <a href="/proverbs/12-20.htm">Devising</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-24.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-28.htm">Feet</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-11.htm">Full</a> <a href="/proverbs/19-2.htm">Haste</a> <a href="/proverbs/28-20.htm">Hasting</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-21.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-2.htm">Imaginations</a> <a href="/proverbs/10-23.htm">Mischief</a> <a href="/proverbs/12-5.htm">Plans</a> <a href="/proverbs/8-12.htm">Purposes</a> <a href="/proverbs/14-17.htm">Quick</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-26.htm">Rapidly</a> <a href="/proverbs/18-10.htm">Run</a> <a href="/proverbs/18-10.htm">Running</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-14.htm">Rush</a> <a href="/proverbs/24-9.htm">Schemes</a> <a href="/proverbs/10-2.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/9-11.htm">Swift</a> <a href="/proverbs/12-5.htm">Thoughts</a> <a href="/proverbs/13-11.htm">Vanity</a> <a href="/proverbs/9-7.htm">Wicked</a><div class="vheading2">Proverbs 6</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/6-1.htm">against indebtedness</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/6-6.htm">idleness </a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/6-12.htm">and mischievousness</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/6-16.htm">seven things detestable to God</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/6-20.htm">the blessings of obedience</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/6-25.htm">the mischief of unfaithfulness</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In biblical context, the heart is often seen as the center of thought, emotion, and will. <a href="/jeremiah/17-9.htm">Jeremiah 17:9</a> describes the heart as deceitful, emphasizing the need for divine intervention to purify it. The concept of devising wicked schemes suggests premeditated sin, contrasting with the call for purity and righteousness found in <a href="/psalms/51-10.htm">Psalm 51:10</a>, where David asks God to create a clean heart within him. Historically, the heart's inclination towards evil is a recurring theme, seen in <a href="/genesis/6-5.htm">Genesis 6:5</a>, where God observes humanity's wickedness before the flood. This phrase warns against allowing one's heart to be a source of evil, urging believers to seek God's wisdom and guidance to align their hearts with His will.<p><b>feet that run swiftly to evil</b><br>This phrase illustrates the eagerness and haste with which some pursue sinful actions. In the cultural context of the Bible, feet often symbolize one's path or way of life. <a href="/proverbs/1-16.htm">Proverbs 1:16</a> similarly warns about those who rush into wrongdoing, indicating a lack of self-control and discernment. The imagery of running swiftly suggests a deliberate and enthusiastic pursuit of evil, contrasting with the biblical call to walk in righteousness and follow the path of wisdom, as seen in <a href="/psalms/119-105.htm">Psalm 119:105</a>, where God's word is described as a lamp to one's feet. This phrase serves as a caution against impulsive and reckless behavior, encouraging believers to be mindful of their actions and to seek the guidance of the Holy Spirit to walk in the ways of the Lord.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/s/solomon.htm">Solomon</a></b><br>Traditionally considered the author of Proverbs, Solomon was the son of King David and known for his wisdom. He compiled these sayings to impart wisdom and moral instruction.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_heart.htm">The Heart</a></b><br>In Hebrew thought, the heart ("lev") is the center of thought, emotion, and will. It represents the inner life and moral character of a person.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/w/wicked_schemes.htm">Wicked Schemes</a></b><br>This refers to plans or intentions that are morally wrong or harmful. The Hebrew word for "wicked" ("ra") implies evil or malice.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/f/feet.htm">Feet</a></b><br>Symbolically, feet represent the direction and actions of a person. In this context, they illustrate a readiness to engage in wrongdoing.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/e/evil.htm">Evil</a></b><br>The concept of evil ("ra") in Hebrew encompasses actions that are contrary to God's will and harmful to others.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/guard_your_heart.htm">Guard Your Heart</a></b><br>Recognize that the heart is the source of our thoughts and actions. Regularly examine your heart's intentions and align them with God's will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/plan_for_righteousness.htm">Plan for Righteousness</a></b><br>Instead of devising wicked schemes, intentionally plan to do good. Seek wisdom and guidance from Scripture to shape your plans.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/b/be_slow_to_evil.htm">Be Slow to Evil</a></b><br>Cultivate a lifestyle that is slow to engage in wrongdoing. Develop habits that lead you away from temptation and towards righteousness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/seek_accountability.htm">Seek Accountability</a></b><br>Surround yourself with fellow believers who can provide guidance and hold you accountable in your walk with Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/pray_for_transformation.htm">Pray for Transformation</a></b><br>Ask God to transform your heart and mind, making you more like Christ in thought and deed.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_proverbs_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Proverbs 6</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_julius_caesar's_life_teach.htm">What is the Bible's stance on stalking?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_colonialism_and_imperialism_differ.htm">What makes a righteous man's prayer powerful and effective?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_proverbs_18_19_align_with_forgiveness.htm">Proverbs 18:19: How does 'an offended brother' being harder to win back than a fortified city align with the Bible's emphasis on immediate forgiveness?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_bible's_view_on_lifespan.htm">Which sin is considered greater?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/proverbs/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(18) <span class= "bld">Feet that be swift in running to mischief.</span>--Who do not yield to temptation after a struggle against it, but give themselves up as willing slaves to their lusts.<p>(l)<span class= "ital">. Twelfth Discourse:</span>--<span class= "ital">Against Adultery </span>(<a href="/context/proverbs/6-20.htm" title="My son, keep your father's commandment, and forsake not the law of your mother:">Proverbs 6:20-35</a>).<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/proverbs/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 18.</span> - The fourth thing is <span class="cmt_word">an heart that deviseth wicked imaginations.</span> "Wicked imaginations" are literally "thoughts of iniquity;" Hebrew, <span class="accented">makh'sh'voth aven</span>; Vulgate, <span class="accented">cogitationes pessimas</span>; LXX., <span class="greek">λογισμοὺς κακοὺς</span>. The same expression in <a href="/isaiah/59-7.htm">Isaiah 59:7</a> is rendered "thoughts of iniquity." (On <span class="accented">deviseth</span>, Hebrew <span class="accented">khoresh</span>, see ver. 14 and ch. 3:29.) The thought is a repetition of ver. 14<span class="accented">a</span>. 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 <span class="cmt_word">feet that be swift in running to mischief.</span> Again we are reminded of <a href="/isaiah/59-7.htm">Isaiah 59:7</a>, "Their feet run to evil." "Mischief" (Hebrew, <span class="accented">ra</span>) is a re-echo of ver. 14 and <a href="/proverbs/1-16.htm">Proverbs 1:16</a>. "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." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/proverbs/6-18.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">a heart</span><br /><span class="heb">לֵ֗ב</span> <span class="translit">(lêḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3820.htm">Strong's 3820: </a> </span><span class="str2">The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that devises</span><br /><span class="heb">חֹ֭רֵשׁ</span> <span class="translit">(ḥō·rêš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2790.htm">Strong's 2790: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cut in, engrave, plow, devise</span><br /><br /><span class="word">wicked</span><br /><span class="heb">אָ֑וֶן</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·wen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_205.htm">Strong's 205: </a> </span><span class="str2">Strictly nothingness, trouble, vanity, wickedness, an idol</span><br /><br /><span class="word">schemes,</span><br /><span class="heb">מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(maḥ·šə·ḇō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4284.htm">Strong's 4284: </a> </span><span class="str2">A contrivance, a texture, machine, intention, plan</span><br /><br /><span class="word">feet</span><br /><span class="heb">רַגְלַ֥יִם</span> <span class="translit">(raḡ·la·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - fd<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7272.htm">Strong's 7272: </a> </span><span class="str2">A foot, a step, the pudenda</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that run</span><br /><span class="heb">לָר֥וּץ</span> <span class="translit">(lā·rūṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7323.htm">Strong's 7323: </a> </span><span class="str2">To run</span><br /><br /><span class="word">swiftly</span><br /><span class="heb">מְ֝מַהֲר֗וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(mə·ma·hă·rō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Participle - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4116.htm">Strong's 4116: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be liquid, flow easily, to hurry, promptly</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to evil,</span><br /><span class="heb">לָֽרָעָה׃‪‬</span> <span class="translit">(lā·rā·‘āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Adjective - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7451.htm">Strong's 7451: </a> </span><span class="str2">Bad, evil</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/proverbs/6-18.htm">Proverbs 6:18 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/proverbs/6-18.htm">Proverbs 6:18 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/proverbs/6-18.htm">Proverbs 6:18 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/proverbs/6-18.htm">Proverbs 6:18 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/proverbs/6-18.htm">Proverbs 6:18 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/proverbs/6-18.htm">Proverbs 6:18 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/proverbs/6-18.htm">Proverbs 6:18 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/proverbs/6-18.htm">Proverbs 6:18 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/proverbs/6-18.htm">Proverbs 6:18 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/proverbs/6-18.htm">Proverbs 6:18 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/proverbs/6-18.htm">OT Poetry: Proverbs 6:18 A heart that devises wicked schemes feet (Prov. 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