Proverbs 21:10

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

8Very crooked is the way of a guilty man; but as for the pure, his work is upright. 9It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a contentious woman, and a house in common. The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes. 11When the scorner is punished, the simple becometh wise; and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge. 12One that is righteous wisely considereth the house of the wicked: he overthroweth the wicked to [their] ruin.

Proverbs 21:10 word by word

נֶ֣פֶשׁ רָ֭שָׁע אִוְּתָה־רָ֑ע לֹא־יֻחַ֖ן בְּעֵינָ֣יו רֵעֵֽהוּ׃Read the interlinear

• soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315
• wickedרָשָׁעrâshâ‛ · wickedH7563
• evilרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: evilH7451
• eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869

Cross-references for Proverbs 21:10

• Proverbs 3:29Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
• Proverbs 12:12The wicked desireth the net of evil [men]; but the root of the righteous yieldeth [fruit].
• Psalms 36:4He deviseth wickedness up on his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good: he abhorreth not evil.
• Psalms 52:2Thy tongue deviseth mischievous things, like a sharp razor, practising deceit.
• Mark 7:21For from within, out of the heart of men, go forth evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
• 1 Corinthians 10:6But these things happened [as] types of us, that we should not be lusters after evil things, as they also lusted.
• James 4:1Whence [come] wars and whence fightings among you? [Is it] not thence, — from your pleasures, which war in your members?
• 1 John 2:16because all that [is] in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
• Proverbs 21:13Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also himself shall cry, and shall not be heard.
• 1 Samuel 25:8Ask thy young men, and they will tell thee. Therefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes; for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, what thy hand may find to thy servants, and to thy son David.
• Psalms 112:5It is well with the man that is gracious and lendeth; he will sustain his cause in judgment.
• Isaiah 32:6for the vile man will speak villainy, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against Jehovah, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
• Micah 3:2Ye who hate the good, and love evil; who pluck off their skin from them, and their flesh from off their bones;
• James 2:13for judgment [will be] without mercy to him that has shewn no mercy. Mercy glories over judgment.
• James 5:4Behold, the wages of your labourers, who have harvested your fields, wrongfully kept back by you, cry, and the cries of those that have reaped are entered into the ears of [the] Lord of sabaoth.

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

Topics related to Proverbs 21:10

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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