Proverbs 21:10
The soul of the lawless man, craveth mischief, his own friend, findeth no favour in his eyes.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.
In Context
9Better to dwell on the corner of the roof, than a quarrelsome wife, and a house in common.
Cross References
Psalms 36:4Iniquity, deviseth he upon his bed,—he taketh his stand in a way, not good, Wrong, doth he not abhor!
Psalms 52:3Thou lovest Evil more than good, Falsehood, more than speaking righteousness. [Selah.]
Psalms 112:9He hath scattered abroad, he hath given to the needy, His righteousness, standeth for aye, His horn, shall be exalted in honour.
Proverbs 12:12A lawless man craveth the prey of the wicked, but, the root of the righteous, is enduring.
Isaiah 32:6For, a base man, with baseness, will speak, And, his heart, will practise iniquity,—Practising profanity, And speaking, against Yahweh that which misleadeth, Emptying the soul of the hungry, And the drink of the thirsty, he causeth to fail;
Mark 7:21For, from within, out of the heart of men, the base designs, come forth,—fornications, thefts,
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 →