Proverbs 21:10

10 The wicked crave evil; their neighbors get no mercy from them.

Proverbs 21:10 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
10 The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.
English Standard Version (ESV)
10 The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.
New Living Translation (NLT)
10 Evil people desire evil; their neighbors get no mercy from them.
The Message Bible (MSG)
10 Wicked souls love to make trouble; they feel nothing for friends and neighbors.
American Standard Version (ASV)
10 The soul of the wicked desireth evil: His neighbor findeth no favor in his eyes.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
10 The mind of a wicked person desires evil and has no consideration for his neighbor.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
10 A wicked person desires evil; he has no consideration for his neighbor.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
10 A sinful person longs to do evil. He doesn't show his neighbor any mercy.

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 way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
9 Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
10 The wicked crave evil; their neighbors get no mercy from them.
11 When a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom; by paying attention to the wise they get knowledge.
12 The Righteous One takes note of the house of the wicked and brings the wicked to ruin.
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