God’s Word Translation
Proverbs 21:10
10The mind of a wicked person desires evil and 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
8The way of a guilty person is crooked, but the behavior of those who are pure is moral. 9Better to live on a corner of a roof than to share a home with a quarreling woman. The mind of a wicked person desires evil and has no consideration for his neighbor. 11When a mocker is punished, a gullible person becomes wise, and when a wise person is instructed, he gains knowledge. 12A righteous person wisely considers the house of a wicked person. He throws wicked people into disasters.
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 3:29Do not plan to do something wrong to your neighbor while he is sitting there with you and suspecting nothing.
- Proverbs 12:12A wicked person delights in setting a trap for ⌞other⌟ evil people, but the roots of righteous people produce ⌞fruit⌟.
- Psalms 36:4He invents trouble while lying on his bed and chooses to go the wrong direction. He does not reject evil.
- Psalms 52:2Your tongue makes up threats. It’s like a sharp razor, you master of deceit.
- Mark 7:21Evil thoughts, sexual sins, stealing, murder,
- 1 Corinthians 10:6These things have become examples for us so that we won’t desire what is evil, as they did.
- James 4:1What causes fights and quarrels among you? Aren’t they caused by the selfish desires that fight to control you?
- 1 John 2:16Not everything that the world offers—physical gratification, greed, and extravagant lifestyles—comes from the Father. It comes from the world, and
- Proverbs 21:13Whoever shuts his ear to the cry of the poor will call and not be answered.
- 1 Samuel 25:8Ask your young men, and let them tell you. Be kind to my young men, since we have come on a special occasion. Please give us and your son David anything you can ⌞spare⌟.’ ”
- Psalms 112:5All goes well for the person who is generous and lends willingly. He earns an honest living.
- Isaiah 32:6Godless fools speak foolishness, and their minds plan evil in order to do ungodly things. They speak falsely about the Lord. They let people go hungry and withhold water from thirsty people.
- Micah 3:2You hate good and love evil. You strip the skin off my people and the flesh off their bones.
- James 2:13No mercy will be shown to those who show no mercy to others. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
- James 5:4The wages you refused to pay the people who harvested your fields shout ⌞to God⌟ against you. The Lord of Armies has heard the cries of those who gather the crops.
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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