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Proverbs 21:10

in Proverbs 21

The soul of the wicked man craves evil; his neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

The soul of the wicked desireth evil: His neighbor findeth no favor in his eyes.

KJV

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

This verse in Proverbs 21

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

The way of a guilty man is crooked

on Proverbs 21:8-10

"The way of a guilty man is crooked, but the conduct of the innocent is upright," the chapter's division. The soul of the wicked man "craves evil," the appetite language used of the fortune seeker, and his neighbor finds no favor with him.

This site's exposition

The soul of the wicked man craves evil

The verse speaks of wickedness as an appetite. His neighbor finds no favor with him, and can neither satisfy that craving nor escape it. The treasure seeker of verse 6 showed the same hunger.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

The soul of the wicked desireth evil,....

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

On the verses either side of this one

When a scorner is punished, a fool gains wisdom Through the chastisements of scorners, fools gain wisdom and return [to God] in repentance.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on Proverbs 21:11:1, via Sefaria, The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

8 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • נֶ֣פֶשׁ[the] appetite of

    nefeshH5315 →754 times

  • רָ֭שָׁעa wicked [person]

    rasho'H7563 →263 times

  • אִוְּתָה־it craves

    ʾivetah-H183 →26 times

  • רָ֑עevil

    ra'H7451 →662 times

  • לֹא־not

    lo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • יֻחַ֖ןhe is shown favor

    yuchanH2603 →78 times

  • בְּעֵינָ֣יוin view his

    beeinavH5869 →887 times

  • רֵעֵֽהוּ׃neighbor his

    reehuH7453 →188 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    1 John 2:16

    For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.

    it leads to

    • Romans 13:14

      Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.

    • Galatians 5:17

      For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want.

    • Psalms 119:36–37

      Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetous gain.

    • Genesis 3:6

      When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave…

    • Proverbs 27:20

      Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

  • Through

    1 Corinthians 10:6

    These things took place as examples to keep us from craving evil things as they did.

    it leads to

    • Jude 1:7

      In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal…

    • 1 Corinthians 10:11

      Now these things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.

    • 2 Peter 2:6

      if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly;

Where this verse is studied

About Proverbs

The Judgment of Solomon, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Judgment of Solomon, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.

This page draws on Charles Bridges, An Exposition of the Book of Proverbs; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).