Proverbs 21:7
The violence of the wicked will drag them away, 1 for they refuse to do what is just. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
In Context
6Acquiring riches by a lying tongue 1 is a fleeting vapor and a snare that kills. 1
8The way of a guilty person is crooked, 1 but the one who is pure does what is right. 1
Cross References
Psalms 9:16Yahweh has made himself known; he has executed judgment; 1 the wicked is ensnared by his own actions. Selah 1
Proverbs 10:6Gifts from God are upon the head of the righteous person, 1 but the mouth of the wicked covers up violence. 1
Proverbs 22:22Do not rob the poor because he is poor, 1 or crush the needy at the gate, 1
Isaiah 1:23Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves; 1 everyone loves bribes and runs after payoffs. 1 They do not defend the fatherless, nor does the widow's legal plea come before them. 1
Jeremiah 7:15For I will send you out from before me just as I had sent out all your brothers, all the descendants of Ephraim.'
Ezekiel 22:13See! With my hand I have struck the dishonest gain that you have made, and the bloodshed that is done in the midst of 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 →