God’s Word Translation
Proverbs 21:7
7The violence of wicked people will drag them away since 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 a hard-working person lead to prosperity, but everyone who is ⌞always⌟ in a hurry ends up in poverty. 6Those who gather wealth by lying are wasting time. They are looking for death. The violence of wicked people will drag them away since they refuse to do what is just. 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.
Read all of Proverbs 21Proverbs 21:7 word by word
שֹׁד־רְשָׁעִ֥ים יְגוֹרֵ֑ם כִּ֥י מֵ֝אֲנ֗וּ לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת מִשְׁפָּֽט׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 21:7
- Proverbs 1:18But these people set an ambush for their own murder. They go into hiding only to lose their lives.
- Proverbs 10:6Blessings cover the head of a righteous person, but violence covers the mouths of wicked people.
- Proverbs 22:22Do not rob the poor because they are poor or trample on the rights of an oppressed person at the city gate,
- Psalms 7:16His mischief lands back on his own head. His violence comes down on top of him.
- Psalms 9:16The Lord is known by the judgment he has carried out. The wicked person is trapped by the work of his own hands. Higgaion Selah
- Isaiah 1:23Your rulers are rebels, friends with thieves. They all love bribes and run after gifts. They never defend orphans. They don’t notice the widows’ pleas.
- Jeremiah 7:9You steal, murder, commit adultery, lie when you take oaths, burn incense as an offering to Baal, and run after other gods that you do not know.
- Ezekiel 22:13“ ‘I will use my power against you because of the excessive profits you have made and the murders you have committed.
- Micah 3:9Listen to this, you leaders of the descendants of Jacob, you rulers of the nation of Israel. You despise justice and pervert everything that is right.
- Zechariah 5:3Then he said to me, “This is a curse that will go out all over the earth. The one side of the scroll says that every thief will be forced away. The other side of the scroll says that everyone who takes an oath will be forced away.
- Proverbs 21:21Whoever pursues righteousness and mercy will find life, righteousness, and honor.
- Ezekiel 18:18But his father has oppressed others, robbed his relative, and done what is wrong among his people. So the father will die because of his sin.
- Ephesians 5:6Don’t let anyone deceive you with meaningless words. It is because of sins like these that God’s anger comes to those who refuse to obey him.
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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