Proverbs 6:18
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Proverbs 6:18 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Proverbs 6:18 is a verse from the book of Proverbs in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief," Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Proverbs 6:18 — KJV
“An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,”
— Proverbs 6:18 (KJV)
Proverbs 6:18 in Context — About the Book of Proverbs
Proverbs is distilled wisdom for ordinary decisions — money, words, work, friendship, marriage, anger, and the tongue. Its premise is simple: the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Thirty-one chapters make it the classic one-chapter-a-day book for praying through daily choices.
Cross-References for Proverbs 6:18
“Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 6:18: heart, wicked, mischief
“Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord. soweth: Heb. casteth forth”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 6:18: heart, deviseth, mischief
“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. every...: or, the whole imagination: the Hebrew word signifieth not only the imagination, but also the purposes and desires continually: Heb. every day”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 6:18: heart, wicked
“Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee.”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 6:18: heart, wicked
“Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 6:18: heart, wicked
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