Proverbs 21:7
The spoil of the wicked catcheth them, Because they have refused to do judgment.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
In Context
6The making of treasures by a lying tongue, [Is] a vanity driven away of those seeking death.
8Froward [is] the way of a man who is vile, And the pure — upright [is] his work.
Cross References
Psalms 9:16Jehovah hath been known, Judgment He hath done, By a work of his hands Hath the wicked been snared. Meditation. Selah.
Proverbs 10:6Blessings [are] for the head of the righteous, And the mouth of the wicked cover doth violence.
Proverbs 22:22Rob not the poor because he [is] poor, And bruise not the afflicted in the gate.
Isaiah 1:23Thy princes [are] apostates, and companions of thieves, Every one loving a bribe, and pursuing rewards, The fatherless they judge not, And the plea of the widow cometh not to them.
Jeremiah 7:15And I have cast you from before My face, As I have cast out all your brethren, The whole seed of Ephraim.
Ezekiel 22:13And lo, I have smitten My hand, Because of thy dishonest gain that thou hast gained, And for thy blood that hath been 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 →