Proverbs 21:10

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

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Proverbs 21:10 in Other Translations

KJV

10 The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.

ESV

10 The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.

NLT

10 Evil people desire evil; their neighbors get no mercy from them.

MSG

10 Wicked souls love to make trouble; they feel nothing for friends and neighbors.

CSB

10 A wicked person desires evil; he has no consideration for his neighbor.

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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible