Proverbs 21:10
נֶפֶשׁ רָשָׁע אִוְּתָה ־ רָע לֹא ־ יֻחַן בְּעֵינָיו רֵעֵֽהוּ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.
In Context
9טוֹב לָשֶׁבֶת עַל ־ פִּנַּת ־ גָּג מֵאֵשֶׁת מִדְיָנִים וּבֵית חָֽבֶר ׃
11בַּעְנָשׁ ־ לֵץ יֶחְכַּם ־ פֶּתִי וּבְהַשְׂכִּיל לְחָכָם יִקַּח ־ דָּֽעַת ׃
Cross References
Psalms 36:4דִּבְרֵי ־ פִיו אָוֶן וּמִרְמָה חָדַל לְהַשְׂכִּיל לְהֵיטִֽיב ׃
Psalms 52:3מַה ־ תִּתְהַלֵּל בְּרָעָה הַגִּבּוֹר חֶסֶד אֵל כָּל ־ הַיּֽוֹם ׃
Psalms 112:9פִּזַּר ׀ נָתַן לָאֶבְיוֹנִים צִדְקָתוֹ עֹמֶדֶת לָעַד קַרְנוֹ תָּרוּם בְּכָבֽוֹד ׃
Proverbs 12:12חָמַד רָשָׁע מְצוֹד רָעִים וְשֹׁרֶשׁ צַדִּיקִים יִתֵּֽן ׃
Isaiah 32:6כִּי נָבָל נְבָלָה יְדַבֵּר וְלִבּוֹ יַעֲשֶׂה ־ אָוֶן לַעֲשׂוֹת חֹנֶף וּלְדַבֵּר אֶל ־ יְהוָה תּוֹעָה לְהָרִיק נֶפֶשׁ רָעֵב וּמַשְׁקֶה צָמֵא יַחְסִֽיר ׃
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 →