Proverbs 21:10
The soul of the impious desires evil; he will not take pity on his neighbor.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.
In Context
9It is better to sit in a corner of the attic, than with a contentious woman and in a shared house.
Cross References
Psalms 36:4Delight in the Lord, and he will grant to you the petitions of your heart.
Psalms 52:3God gazed down from heaven on the sons of men, to see if there were any who were considering or seeking God.
Psalms 112:9He causes a barren woman to live in a house, as the joyful mother of sons.
Proverbs 12:12The desire of the impious is the fortification of what is most wicked. But the root of the just shall prosper.
Isaiah 32:6For a foolish man speaks foolishness and his heart works iniquity in order to accomplish deception. And he speaks to the Lord deceitfully, so as to empty the soul of the hungry and to take away drink from the thirsty.
Mark 7:21For from within, from the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
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 →