Proverbs 21:10
The desire of the evil-doer is fixed on evil: he has no kind feeling for his neighbour.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 36:4\36:3\In the words of his mouth are evil and deceit; he has given up being wise and doing good.
Psalms 52:3\52:1\Why do you take pride in wrongdoing, lifting yourself up against the upright man all the day?
Psalms 112:9He has given with open hands to the poor; his righteousness is for ever; his horn will be lifted up with honour.
Proverbs 12:12The resting-place of the sinner will come to destruction, but the root of upright men is for ever.
Isaiah 32:6For the foolish man will say foolish things, having evil thoughts in his heart, working what is unclean, and talking falsely about the Lord, to keep food from him who is in need of it, and water from him whose soul is desiring it.
Mark 7:21Because from inside, from the heart of men, come evil thoughts and unclean pleasures,
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 21:10
9 It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house. See here, 1. What a great affliction it is to a man to have a brawling scolding woman for his wife, who upon every occasion, and often upon no occasion, breaks out into a passion, and chides either him or those about her, is fretful to herself and furious to her children and servants, and, in both, vexatious to her husband. If a man has a wide house, spacious and pompous, this will embitter the comfort of it to him— a… Read the whole commentary →