Proverbs 21:10
The soul of the wicked desireth evil; his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 36:4(36-5) He deviseth iniquity upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.
Psalms 52:3(52-5) Thou lovest evil more than good; falsehood rather than speaking righteousness. Selah
Psalms 112:9He hath scattered abroad, he hath given to the needy; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted in honour.
Proverbs 12:12The wicked desireth the prey of evil men; but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.
Isaiah 32:6For the vile person will speak villainy, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise ungodliness, and to utter wickedness against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
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 →