Proverbs 6:18
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a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,
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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.
For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.
“Their feet are swift to shed blood;
Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?
Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil.
do not plot evil in your hearts against your neighbor, and do not love to swear falsely, for I hate all these things,” declares the LORD.
Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.
He who plots evil will be called a schemer.
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.