Proverbs 21:10

10 Wicked people desire evil; their neighbors receive no mercy from them.

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 The ways of some people are twisted and strange, but the behavior of those who do right is pure.

9 Better to live on the edge of a roof than with a contentious woman in a large house.

10 Wicked people desire evil; their neighbors receive no mercy from them.

11 When a mocker is punished, the naive person gains wisdom; when insight comes to the wise, knowledge increases.

12 The righteous one observes the house of the wicked, turning the wicked toward trouble.