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Proverbs 21:10 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 21 · verse 10
The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.Proverbs 21:10 · King James Version
Proverbs 21:10 in context
8The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.
9It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
10The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.
11When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
12The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- neighbourrêaʻan associateH7453 →
- desirethʼâvâhto wish forH183 →
- wickedrâshâʻmorally wrongH7563 →
- favourchânanproperly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferiorH2603 →
- soulnepheshproperly, a breathing creatureH5315 →
- evilraʻbad or evilH7451 →
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See here the character of a very wicked man. 1. The strong inclination he has to do mischief. His very soul desires evil, desires that evil may be done and that he may have the pleasure, not only of seeing it, but of having a hand in it. The root of wickedness lies in the soul;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary