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Proverbs 21:7
7The violence of the wicked sweeps them away, because they refuse to act justly.
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
5Plans of the diligent surely lead to gain, but all who are hasty come only to loss. 6Getting treasures by a lying tongue is like a fleeting vapor for those who seek death. The violence of the wicked sweeps them away, because they refuse to act justly. 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.
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 they lie in wait for their own blood. They ambush their own lives.
- Proverbs 10:6Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
- Proverbs 22:22Do not rob a poor person because he is poor, nor crush the needy at the gate,
- Psalms 7:16He digs a pit, scrapes it out, and then falls into the hole he has made.
- Psalms 9:16The nations sank into the pit they made. The net they hid caught their own foot.
- Isaiah 1:23Your princes are rebellious and friends with thieves. Everyone loves a bribe and chases after rewards. They do not defend the orphan, nor does a widow’s case come to them.
- Jeremiah 7:9Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery and perjury, and offer incense to Baal and walk after other gods whom you have not known—
- Ezekiel 22:13“Now look, I clap My hands at your dishonest gain that you have made and at your bloodshed in your midst.
- Micah 3:9Hear this, leaders of the house of Jacob, rulers of the house of Israel: You who abhor justice, and twist everything upright,
- Zechariah 5:3He said to me: “This is the curse that goes out over the face of the whole land: everyone who steals will be swept away from here according to it, and everyone who swears will be swept away from here according to it.”
- Proverbs 21:21Whoever pursues righteousness and mercy finds life, prosperity and honor.
- Ezekiel 18:18“As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, committed robbery from his brother and did what is not good among his people—behold, he will die for his iniquity.
- Ephesians 5:6Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God’s judgment comes on the children 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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