Christian Standard Bible
Proverbs 21:10
10A wicked person desires evil; he has no consideration for his neighbor.
Proverbs 21:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.
- New International Version (NIV)The wicked crave evil; their neighbors get no mercy from them.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The soul of the wicked desires evil; His neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.
Context of Proverbs 21:10
8A guilty one’s conduct is crooked, but the behavior of the innocent is upright. 9Better to live on the corner of a roof than to share a house with a nagging wife. A wicked person desires evil; he has no consideration for his neighbor. 11When a mocker is punished, the inexperienced become wiser; when one teaches a wise man, he acquires knowledge. 12The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked; he brings the wicked to ruin.
Read all of Proverbs 21Proverbs 21:10 word by word
נֶ֣פֶשׁ רָ֭שָׁע אִוְּתָה־רָ֑ע לֹא־יֻחַ֖ן בְּעֵינָ֣יו רֵעֵֽהוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 21:10
- Proverbs 3:29Don’t plan any harm against your neighbor, for he trusts you and lives near you.
- Proverbs 12:12The wicked desire what evil people have caught, but the root of the righteous is productive.
- Psalms 36:4Even on his bed he makes malicious plans. He sets himself on a path that is not good, and he does not reject evil.
- Psalms 52:2Like a sharpened razor, your tongue devises destruction, working treachery.
- Mark 7:21For from within, out of people’s hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders,
- 1 Corinthians 10:6Now these things took place as examples for us, so that we will not desire evil things as they did.
- James 4:1What is the source of wars and fights among you? Don’t they come from your passions that wage war within you?
- 1 John 2:16For everything in the world — the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride in one’s possessions — is not from the Father, but is from the world.
- Proverbs 21:13The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor will himself also call out and not be answered.
- 1 Samuel 25:8Ask your young men, and they will tell you. So let my young men find favor with you, for we have come on a feast day. Please give whatever you have on hand to your servants and to your son David.’”
- Psalms 112:5Good will come to the one who lends generously and conducts his business fairly.
- Isaiah 32:6For a fool speaks foolishness and his mind plots iniquity. He lives in a godless way and speaks falsely about the Lord. He leaves the hungry empty and deprives the thirsty of drink.
- Micah 3:2You hate good and love evil. You tear off people’s skin and strip their flesh from their bones.
- James 2:13For judgment is without mercy to the one who has not shown mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
- James 5:4Look! The pay that you withheld from the workers who mowed your fields cries out, and the outcry of the harvesters has reached the ears of the Lord of Armies.
Commentaries on Proverbs 21:10
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10Verse 10 The evil desires of a wicked man's heart, lead to baseness in his conduct.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10Evil people do not just do bad things; they are bad. No argument will change their behavior.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. So strongly does he desire to do evil (Psa 10:3; Ec 8:11), that he will not even spare his friend if in his way.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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