Isaiah 59:7
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.
Cross-reference
Isaiah 59:3 earlier mentions hands defiled with blood and lying lips; verse 7 adds feet running to evil, completing the picture.
Isaiah 65:2 describes God's call to a rebellious people who persist in evil ways — echoing the same pattern of sin as the violent paths in Isaiah 59:7.
Ezekiel 22:6 singles out princes bent on shedding blood — directly parallel to 'swift to shed innocent blood' in Isaiah.
Proverbs 1:16 says the same phrase 'feet run to evil, make haste to shed blood', likely the source quoted by Isaiah.
In Romans 3:16, Paul directly quotes this phrase as part of his indictment that all humanity is under sin.
Ezekiel 9:9 shows the land full of blood and injustice, echoing the same violence Isaiah describes — their feet run to evil.
Romans 3:15 directly quotes 'their feet are swift to shed blood' from Isaiah 59:7 to show universal sin.
Proverbs 15:26 says the thoughts of the wicked are an abomination — directly matching 'their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity' in Isaiah.
Matthew 23:31-37 indicts the Pharisees for shedding righteous blood — fulfilling the pattern of innocent bloodshed in Isaiah.
Mark 7:21 lists evil thoughts and murder as coming from the heart — the same inner corruption Isaiah describes as swift to shed blood.
Jeremiah 2:34 also accuses Israel of shedding innocent blood — matching the charge in Isaiah 59:7 of being swift to shed innocent blood.
Matthew 15:19 lists murder and evil thoughts coming from the heart, echoing the swiftness to shed blood described here.
Ezekiel 7:23 declares the land full of bloody crimes and violence — echoing the charges of bloodshed and destruction in Isaiah 59:7.
Acts 23:15 describes the conspirators plotting to kill Paul, directly mirroring the swift rush to shed innocent blood.
Jeremiah 19:4 accuses of filling the place with the blood of innocents — the same sin of shedding innocent blood as in Isaiah 59:7.
Jeremiah 7:6 lists 'shed innocent blood' as a sin condemned — directly paralleling the accusation in Isaiah 59:7.
In Proverbs 6:18, 'feet that are quick to rush into evil' matches this verse almost word-for-word—a shared wisdom saying.
In Psalm 55:11, destruction and oppression fill the city—a nearly identical image to 'devastation and destruction in their highways.'
Micah 7:2 laments that everyone lies in wait for blood — directly mirroring the bloodshed and evil paths condemned in Isaiah 59:7.
Matthew 2:16 recounts Herod slaughtering the innocents — a vivid example of the swift shedding of innocent blood condemned in Isaiah 59:7.
Revelation 17:6 pictures Babylon drunk on the blood of saints — a later echo of the same shedding of innocent blood Isaiah condemns.
Jeremiah 41:7 describes the actual slaughter of innocents by Ishmael — exemplifying the 'swift to shed innocent blood' condemned in Isaiah 59:7.
Ezekiel 18:7 describes a righteous man who does not oppress — the opposite of the violent, destructive paths in Isaiah 59:7.
In Deuteronomy 19:10, the law commands preventing innocent bloodshed—Israel's failure contrasts with the swift shedding condemned here.
Jeremiah 22:17 condemns Jehoiakim for covetousness and shedding innocent blood, similar to the sins in Isaiah 59:7.
Lamentations 4:13 blames prophets and priests for shedding just blood, echoing the same violence described in Isaiah.
In Proverbs 12:6, the wicked’s words 'lie in wait for blood'—a parallel theme of violent intent, though focused on speech.
Proverbs 6:17 lists 'hands that shed innocent blood' among things God hates, paralleling the bloodshed in Isaiah.
In Psalm 14:3, universal corruption is described—parallels Isaiah's depiction of pervasive evil, though less specific to actions.