Proverbs 21:10
The soul of the ungodly shall not be pitied by any man.
Brenton Septuagint
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 36:4Delight thyself in the Lord; and he shall grant thee the requests of thine heart.
Psalms 52:3God looked down from heaven upon the sons of men, to see if there were any that understood, or sought after God.
Psalms 112:9who settles the barren woman in a house, as a mother rejoicing over children.
Proverbs 12:12The desires of the ungodly are evil; but the roots of the godly are firmly set.
Isaiah 32:6For the fool shall speak foolish words, and his heart shall meditate vanities, and to perform lawless deeds and to speak error against the Lord, to scatter hungry souls, and he will cause the thirsty souls to be empty.
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 →