Proverbs 21:7
The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away; because they refuse to do judgment.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 9:16The LORD hath made himself known, he hath executed judgment: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higaion. Selah
Proverbs 10:6Blessings are upon the head of the righteous: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
Proverbs 22:22Rob not the poor, because he is poor, neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
Isaiah 1:23Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
Jeremiah 7:15And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim.
Ezekiel 22:13Behold, therefore, I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.
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 →