Proverbs 21:7
Wicked people refuse to do what is right/just, but they will be ruined because of the violent things [PRS] that they do.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 9:16Because of what you have done, people know that you decide matters fairly/justly, but you allow wicked people to be trapped by the same evil things that they themselves do. (Think about that!)
Proverbs 10:6Righteous people will be blessed by God; the nice things that wicked people say [MTY] sometimes conceal the fact that they are planning to act violently.
Proverbs 22:22It is easy to rob poor people who are helpless and cannot defend themselves, but never do that; and do not oppress in court those who are needy/afflicted,
Isaiah 1:23Your leaders are rebels; they spend time with thieves. They all want to get bribes and force others to give them gifts in order that they do good things for them. They do not defend orphans in court, and they do not do all they can to enable widows to get what they should receive.
Jeremiah 7:15And I will expel you from this land and send you to other countries far away from me, just like I did to your relatives, the people of Israel.”
Ezekiel 22:13So I will shake my fists at you to show that I am angry with you because of your stealing money from people and murdering [MTY] people who live among you.
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 →