Proverbs 21:7
The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to do what is just.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
In Context
6Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.
8The way of a guilty man is crooked, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
Cross References
Psalms 9:16The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah
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 man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
Isaiah 1:23Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.
Jeremiah 7:15And I will cast you out of My presence, just as I have cast out all your brothers, all the descendants of Ephraim.
Ezekiel 22:13Now look, I strike My hands together against your unjust gain and against the blood you have shed in your midst.
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 →