Proverbs 21:7
The robberies of the vngodly shalbe their owne destruction: for they wyll not do the thing that is right.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
In Context
8The way of the vngodly is frowarde and straunge: but of the pure man his worke is right.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:6Blessinges are vpon the head of the righteous: and the mouth of the vngodly kepeth mischiefe in secrete.
Proverbs 22:22Rob not the poore, because he is poore: and oppresse not the simple in iudgement:
Isaiah 1:23Thy princes are wicked, and companions of theeues: they loue gyftes altogether, and gape for rewardes: As for the fatherlesse they helpe hym not to his ryght, neither wyll they let the widdowes causes come before them.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 21:7
6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death. This shows the folly of those that hope to enrich themselves by dishonest practices, by oppressing and over-reaching those with whom they deal, by false-witness-bearing, or by fraudulent contracts, of those that make no scruples of lying when there is any thing to be got by it. They may perhaps heap up treasures by these means, that which they make their treasure; but, 1. They will not meet with the satisfaction… Read the whole commentary →