Proverbs 21:10

10 The desire of the evil-doer is fixed on evil: he has no kind feeling for his neighbour.

Proverbs 21:10 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 21:10

The soul of the wicked desireth evil
The evil of sin, it being natural to him; he chooses it, delights in it, craves after it, under a notion of pleasure or profit: or the evil of mischief; it is a sport and pastime to him to do injury to others; see ( Proverbs 10:23 ) ; he desires both the one and the other with all his soul; his heart is in it, he is set upon it, which shows him to be a wicked man; his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes;
not only he delights to do mischief to an enemy or a stranger, but even to a neighbour and friend; he will do him no kindness, though he asks it of him; he will show him no mercy, though an object of it; he will spare him not, but do him an injury, if he attempts to hinder or dissuade him from doing mischief, or reproves him for it.

Proverbs 21:10 In-Context

8 Twisted is the way of him who is full of crime; but as for him whose heart is clean, his work is upright.

9 It is better to be living in an angle of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house.

10 The desire of the evil-doer is fixed on evil: he has no kind feeling for his neighbour.

11 When the man of pride undergoes punishment, the simple man gets wisdom; and by watching the wise he gets knowledge.

12 The Upright One, looking on the house of the evil-doer, lets sinners be overturned to their destruction.