Proverbs 21:7

BSB

The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to do what is just.

WEB

The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right.

KJV

The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.

Matthew Henry

Verse 7

Proverbs 21:7

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; and it will be no excuse from the guilt of robbery to say that he might choose whether he would believe you, for that is a debt we should owe to all men. 2. The cause of injustice. Men refuse to do judgment; they will not render to all their due, but withhold it, and omissions make way for commissions; they come at length to robbery itself. Those that refuse to do justice will choose to do wrong. 3. The effects of injustice; it will return upon the sinner's own head. The robbery of the wicked will terrify them (so some); their consciences will be filled with horror and amazement, will cut them, will saw them asunder (so others); it will destroy them here and for ever, therefore he had said (Pro 21:6), They seek death.

Cross-references: Prov 21:6

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