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Proverbs 21:7 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 21 · verse 7
The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.Proverbs 21:7 · King James Version
Proverbs 21:7 in context
5The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
6The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
7The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- robberyshôdviolence, ravageH7701 →
- destroygârarto drag off roughlyH1641 →
- wickedrâshâʻmorally wrongH7563 →
- refusemâʼênto refuseH3985 →
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See here, 1. The nature of injustice. Getting money by lying (Pro 21:6) is no better than downright robbery. Cheating is stealing; you might as well pick a man's pocket as impose upon him by a lie in making a bargain, which he had no fence against but by not believing you;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary