John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 3:16
Destruction and misery are in their ways. This passage also is to be found in Isaiah 59:7 , and may be understood either actively thus: all the ways they take, and methods they pursue, are to make their fellow creatures miserable, to ruin and destroy them; or passively, that by their sinful ways and vicious course of life, they themselves are brought to destruction and misery: the way they are walking in is, "the broad way, that leadeth to destruction", Matthew 7:13 ; the end of it, what... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 3:15
Their feet are swift to shed blood. The sins of the heart and mouth are before described, and now the sins of action are taken notice of; for "the feet" are the instruments of motion and action: and when these are said to be "swift to shed blood", it denotes the readiness and eagerness of men, to murder innocent creatures; which shows the dreadful malice and hatred that is in them. The words are cited from Isaiah 59:7 , and seem to point at the times of Manasseh, who shed so much innocent... read more