Romans 3:15 (WEB)

Passage

“Their feet are swift to shed blood.

Nearby Context

Romans 3:13 “Their throat is an open tomb. With their tongues they have used deceit.”Psalm 5:9 “The poison of vipers is under their lips”;Psalm 140:3

Romans 3:14 “whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.”Psalm 10:7

Romans 3:15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood.

Romans 3:16 Destruction and misery are in their ways.

Romans 3:17 The way of peace, they haven’t known.”Isaiah 59:7-8

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "feet", "swift", "shed", and "blood". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "feet" and "swift", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "whose mouth is full of cursing and..." into verse 16's "Destruction and misery are in their ways...", so "feet" and "swift" belong inside that flow. In Romans context, the local focus is righteousness by faith, union with Christ, life in the Spirit, and God's covenant faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "feet" and "swift" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.