Berean Standard Bible
Proverbs 21:7
7The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to do what is just.
Proverbs 21:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
- New International Version (NIV)The violence of the wicked will drag them away, for they refuse to do what is right.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The violence of the wicked will sweep them away, because they refuse to do what is just.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The violence of the wicked will destroy them, Because they refuse to do justice.
Context of Proverbs 21:7
5The plans of the diligent bring plenty, as surely as haste leads to poverty. 6Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit. The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to do what is just. 8The way of a guilty man is crooked, but the conduct of the innocent is upright. 9Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
Read all of Proverbs 21Proverbs 21:7 word by word
שֹׁד־רְשָׁעִ֥ים יְגוֹרֵ֑ם כִּ֥י מֵ֝אֲנ֗וּ לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת מִשְׁפָּֽט׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 21:7
- Proverbs 1:18But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.
- Proverbs 10:6Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
- Proverbs 22:22Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
- Psalms 7:16His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
- Psalms 9:16The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah
- Isaiah 1:23Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.
- Jeremiah 7:9Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known,
- Ezekiel 22:13Now look, I strike My hands together against your unjust gain and against the blood you have shed in your midst.
- Micah 3:9Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all that is right,
- Zechariah 5:3Then he told me, “This is the curse that is going out over the face of all the land, for according to one side of the scroll, every thief will be removed; and according to the other side, every perjurer will be removed.
- Proverbs 21:21He who pursues righteousness and loving devotion finds life, righteousness, and honor.
- Ezekiel 18:18As for his father, he will die for his own iniquity, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did what was wrong among his people.
- Ephesians 5:6Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.
Commentaries on Proverbs 21:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7The robbery of the wicked - The wicked shall be terrified and ruined by the means they use to aggrandize themselves. And as they refuse to do judgment, they shall have judgment without mercy.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Robbery - Probably the “violence” which the wicked practice. Shall destroy them - More literally, carries them away.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7Verse 7 Injustice will return upon the sinner, and will destroy him here and for ever.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. robbery--or, "destruction," especially oppression, of which they are authors. shall destroy--literally, "cut with a saw" (1Ki 7:9), that is, utterly ruin them. Their sins shall be visited on them in kind. to do judgment--what is just and right.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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