Proverbs 21:10
The appetite of the wicked craves evil; 1 his neighbor finds no favor in his eyes. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.
In Context
9It is better to live on a corner of the roof 1 than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife. 1
Cross References
Psalms 36:4While he lies in bed, he plans ways to sin; 1 he sets out on an evil way; 1 he does not reject evil. 1
Psalms 52:3You love evil more than good 1 and lying rather than speaking righteousness. Selah 1
Psalms 112:9He generously gives to the poor; 1 his righteousness endures forever; 1 he will be exalted with honor. 1
Proverbs 12:12The wicked person desires what evil men have stolen from others, 1 but the fruit of righteous people comes from themselves. 1
Isaiah 32:6For the fool speaks folly, and his heart plans evil 1 and godless actions, and he speaks wrongly against Yahweh. 1 He makes the hungry empty, and the thirsty he causes to lack drink. 1
Mark 7:21For from within a person, out of the heart, proceed evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder,
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 →