Proverbs 21:7
The violence of the wicked will drive them away, 2 because they refuse to do what is mishpat ·just·. 1
One Unity Resource Bible
In The King James Version
The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
In Context
6Getting treasures by a lying tongue 2 is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death. 1
8The way of the guilty is devious, 2 but the conduct of the innocent is upright. 1
Cross References
Psalms 9:16Adonai has made himself known. 2 He has executed judgment. 2 The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Higgayon ·Meditation·. 1 Selah ·contemplation with musical interlude·. 1
Proverbs 10:6Blessings are on the head of the upright, 2 but violence covers the mouth of the wicked. 1
Proverbs 22:22Don’t exploit the poor, because he is poor; 2 and don’t crush the needy in court; 1
Isaiah 1:23Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves. 2 Everyone 'ahav ·affectionately loves· bribes, and follows after rewards. 2 They don’t judge the orphan, 2 neither does the cause of the widow come to them. 1
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 →