New King James Version
Proverbs 21:10
10The soul of the wicked desires evil; His neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.
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 Living Translation (NLT)Evil people desire evil; their neighbors get no mercy from them.
Context of Proverbs 21:10
8The way of a guilty man is perverse; But as for the pure, his work is right. 9Better to dwell in a corner of a housetop, Than in a house shared with a contentious woman. The soul of the wicked desires evil; His neighbor finds no favor in his eyes. 11When the scoffer is punished, the simple is made wise; But when the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge. 12The righteous God wisely considers the house of the wicked, Overthrowing the wicked for their wickedness.
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 devise evil against your neighbor, For he dwells by you for safety’s sake.
- Proverbs 12:12The wicked covet the catch of evil men, But the root of the righteous yields fruit.
- Psalms 36:4He devises wickedness on his bed; He sets himself in a way that is not good; He does not abhor evil.
- Psalms 52:2Your tongue devises destruction, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
- Mark 7:21For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
- 1 Corinthians 10:6Now these things became our examples, to the intent that we should not lust after evil things as they also lusted.
- James 4:1Where do wars and fights come from among you? Do they not come from your desires for pleasure that war in your members?
- 1 John 2:16For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world.
- Proverbs 21:13Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor Will also cry himself and not be heard.
- 1 Samuel 25:8Ask your young men, and they will tell you. Therefore let my young men find favor in your eyes, for we come on a feast day. Please give whatever comes to your hand to your servants and to your son David.’ ”
- Psalms 112:5A good man deals graciously and lends; He will guide his affairs with discretion.
- Isaiah 32:6For the foolish person will speak foolishness, And his heart will work iniquity: To practice ungodliness, To utter error against the Lord, To keep the hungry unsatisfied, And he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
- Micah 3:2You who hate good and love evil; Who strip the skin from My people, And the flesh from their bones;
- James 2:13For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
- James 5:4Indeed the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of the reapers have reached 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
In the dictionaries
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
New King James Version — © 1982 Thomas Nelson, Inc
Commentaries