Tree of Life Version
Proverbs 21:10
10A wicked soul craves 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 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 the guilty is crooked, but the conduct of the pure is upright. 9It is better to live on a corner of a roof than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife. A wicked soul craves evil— his neighbor finds no favor in his eyes. 11When a mocker is punished, the naïve become wise. When a wise person is instructed, he gains knowledge. 12The righteous one considers the house of the wicked, throwing the wicked down to their ruin.
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 plot evil against your neighbor while he lives trustfully beside you.
- Proverbs 12:12The wicked covets the loot of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.
- Psalms 36:4His mouth’s words are iniquity and deceit. He has ceased to be wise and do good.
- Psalms 52:2when Doeg the Edomite came and reported to Saul telling him, “David went to Ahimelech’s house.”
- Mark 7:21For from within, out of the heart of men, come evil intentions, sexual immorality, theft, murder,
- 1 Corinthians 10:6Now these things happened as examples for us, so we wouldn’t crave evil things, just as they did.
- James 4:1Where do quarrels and conflicts among you come from? Don’t they come from this, namely your passions that battle within your body parts?
- 1 John 2:16For everything in the world—the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, and the boasting of life—is not from the Father but from the world.
- Proverbs 21:13Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, will also cry out but not be answered.
- 1 Samuel 25:8Ask your young men and they will tell you. Therefore, let the young men find favor in your eyes, for we have come on a festive day. So please, give to your servants and to your son David, whatever you find at hand.’”
- Psalms 112:5Good comes to a man who is gracious and lends. He will order his affairs with fairness.
- Isaiah 32:6For the fool speaks foolishness and his heart works wickedness, to practice ungodliness, and speak error about Adonai, to deprive the hungry of food and withhold drink from the thirsty.
- Micah 3:2You haters of good and lovers of evil, you are robbing their skin from them and their flesh from their bones.”
- James 2:13For judgment is merciless to the one who does not show mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
- James 5:4Behold, the wages of the workers who mowed your fields—which you kept back by fraud—are crying out against you. And the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
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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