Proverbs 21:7
The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right.
World Messianic 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 is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.
8The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
Cross References
Psalms 9:16The LORD has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah.
Proverbs 10:6Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
Proverbs 22:22Don’t exploit the poor because he is poor; and don’t crush the needy in court;
Isaiah 1:23Your princes are rebellious and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes and follows after rewards. They don’t defend the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come to them.
Jeremiah 7:15I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brothers, even the whole offspring of Ephraim.
Ezekiel 22:13“‘“Behold, therefore I have struck my hand at your dishonest gain which you have made, and at the blood which has been shed within 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 →