Isaiah 59:7-8

59:7 They are eager to do evil, ¹ 

quick to shed innocent blood. ² 

Their thoughts are sinful;

they crush and destroy. ³ 

59:8 They are unfamiliar with peace;

their deeds are unjust. ⁴ 

They use deceitful methods,

and whoever deals with them is unfamiliar with peace. ⁵ 

Psalms 36:4

36:4 He plans ways to sin while he lies in bed;

he is committed to a sinful lifestyle; ⁶ 

he does not reject what is evil. ⁷ 

Proverbs 16:29

16:29 A violent person ⁸  entices ⁹  his neighbor,

and leads him down a path that is terrible. ¹⁰ 

[59:7]  ¹ tn Heb “their feet run to evil.”

[59:7]  ² tn Heb “they quickly pour out innocent blood.”

[59:7]  ³ tn Heb “their thoughts are thoughts of sin, destruction and crushing [are] in their roadways.”

[59:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “a way of peace they do not know, and there is no justice in their pathways.”

[59:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “their paths they make crooked, everyone who walks in it does not know peace.”

[36:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “he takes a stand in a way [that is] not good.” The word “way” here refers metaphorically to behavior or life style.

[36:4]  ⁷ tn The three imperfect verbal forms in v. 4 highlight the characteristic behavior of the typical evildoer.

[16:29]  ⁸ tn Heb “man of violence.” He influences his friends toward violence. The term חָמָס (khamas, “violence”) often refers to sins against society, social injustices, and crimes.

[16:29]  ⁹ tn The verb in the first colon is the Piel imperfect, and the form in the second is the Hiphil perfect; the first is a habitual imperfect, and the second a gnomic perfect. The first verb, “to persuade, seduce, entice,” is the metonymy of cause; the second verb, “to lead,” is the metonymy of effect, the two together forming the whole process.

[16:29]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “not good” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “a harmful path.” The expression “a way that is not good” is an example of tapeinosis – a deliberate understatement for the sake of emphasis: It is terrible. This refers to crime and violence. The understatement is used to warn people away from villains and to remind them to follow a good path.