Proverbs 21:7
The violence of the lawless, shall drag them away,—because they have refused to do justice.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
In Context
8Crooked is the way of a guilty man, but, as for the pure, straight is his dealing.
Cross References
Psalms 9:16To be known is Yahweh, by the sentence he hath executed, By the doing of his own hands, is he about to strike down the lawless one. [Resounding music. Selah.]
Proverbs 10:6Blessings, are for the head of the righteous man, but, the mouth of the lawless, covereth up wrong.
Proverbs 22:22Do not rob the poor, because he is poor, neither crush thou the oppressed in the gate;
Isaiah 1:23Thy rulers, are unruly, and companions of thieves, Every one of the people, loveth a bribe, and runneth after rewards,—The fatherless, they do not vindicate, And, the plea of the widow, reacheth them not.
Jeremiah 7:15And will cast you out from before me,—Just as I have cast out All your brethren, All the seed of Ephraim.
Ezekiel 22:13Lo! therefore I have smitten my hand, At thine unjust gain which thou hast made— And over thy bloodshed, which they have caused in thy midst.
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 →