Proverbs 21:10
The soul of the wicked hath desired evil, Not gracious in his eyes is his neighbour.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.
In Context
9Better to sit on a corner of the roof, Than [with] a woman of contentions and a house of company.
Cross References
Psalms 36:4Iniquity he deviseth on his bed, He stationeth himself on a way not good, Evil he doth not refuse.'
Psalms 52:3Thou hast loved evil rather than good, Lying, than speaking righteousness. Selah.
Psalms 112:9He hath scattered — hath given to the needy, His righteousness is standing for ever, His horn is exalted with honour.
Proverbs 12:12The wicked hath desired the net of evil doers, And the root of the righteous giveth.
Isaiah 32:6For a fool speaketh folly, And his heart doth iniquity, to do profanity, And to speak concerning Jehovah error, To empty the soul of the hungry, Yea, drink of the thirsty he causeth to lack.
Mark 7:21for from within, out of the heart of men, the evil reasonings do come forth, adulteries, whoredoms, murders,
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 →