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Proverbs 21:10

Evil people love to do wrong, they don't care what pain they cause anyone.

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In The King James Version

The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.

In Context

9It's better to live in a corner of a housetop than to share a whole house with an argumentative wife.

11When a mocker is punished, an immature person can learn wisdom. When the wise are educated, they gain knowledge.

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Cross References

Psalms 36:4Even when they're lying in bed they think up evil schemes. They commit themselves to a way of life that is no good. They choose evil, and don't reject it.

Psalms 52:3You love evil more than good, and telling lies more than speaking the truth. Selah.

Psalms 112:9They share generously, giving to the poor; the good they do has eternal results. They are greatly respected.

Proverbs 12:12Wicked people long for ill-gotten gains, but good people are productive themselves.

Isaiah 32:6For fools only talk foolishness, thinking evil things. They act in opposition to the Lord, misrepresenting him in what they say. They refuse to give food to the hungry and deny water to the thirsty.

Mark 7:21It's from the inside, from people's minds, that evil thoughts come: sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,

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 →

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