New English Translation
Proverbs 21:7
7The violence done by the wicked will drag them away because they refuse to do what is right.
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 lead only to plenty, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty. 6Making a fortune by a lying tongue is like a vapor driven back and forth; they seek death. The violence done by the wicked will drag them away because they refuse to do what is right. 8The way of the guilty person is devious, but as for the pure, his way is upright. 9It is better to live on a corner of the housetop than in a house in company with a quarrelsome wife.
Read all of Proverbs 21Proverbs 21:7 word by word
שֹׁד־רְשָׁעִ֥ים יְגוֹרֵ֑ם כִּ֥י מֵ֝אֲנ֗וּ לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת מִשְׁפָּֽט׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 21:7
- Proverbs 1:18but these men lie in wait for their own blood, they ambush their own lives!
- Proverbs 10:6Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the speech of the wicked conceals violence.
- Proverbs 22:22Do not exploit a poor person because he is poor and do not crush the needy in court,
- Psalms 7:16He becomes the victim of his own destructive plans and the violence he intended for others falls on his own head.
- Psalms 9:16The Lord revealed himself; he accomplished justice; the wicked were ensnared by their own actions. (Higgaion. Selah)
- Isaiah 1:23Your officials are rebels, they associate with thieves. All of them love bribery, and look for payoffs. They do not take up the cause of the orphan, or defend the rights of the widow.
- Jeremiah 7:9You steal. You murder. You commit adultery. You lie when you swear on oath. You sacrifice to the god Baal. You pay allegiance to other gods whom you have not previously known.
- Ezekiel 22:13“‘See, I strike my hands together at the dishonest profit you have made, and at the bloodshed they have done among you.
- Micah 3:9Listen to this, you leaders of the family of Jacob, you rulers of the nation of Israel! You hate justice and pervert all that is right.
- Zechariah 5:3The speaker went on to say, “This is a curse traveling across the whole earth. For example, according to the curse whoever steals will be removed from the community; or on the other hand (according to the curse) whoever swears falsely will suffer the same fate.”
- Proverbs 21:21The one who pursues righteousness and love finds life, bounty, and honor.
- Ezekiel 18:18As for his father, because he practices extortion, robs his brother, and does what is not good among his people, he will die for his iniquity.
- Ephesians 5:6Let nobody deceive you with empty words, for because of these things God’s wrath comes 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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