Proverbs 21 · Verse 10

Proverbs 21:10

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 other translations

BSBThe soul of the wicked man craves evil; his neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.
WEBThe soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.
ASVThe soul of the wicked desireth evil: His neighbor findeth no favor in his eyes.
YLTThe soul of the wicked hath desired evil, Not gracious in his eyes is his neighbour.
DARBYThe soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.
BBEThe desire of the evil-doer is fixed on evil: he has no kind feeling for his neighbour.
WebsterThe soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbor findeth no favor in his eyes.

What does Proverbs 21:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
10. So strongly does he desire to do evil (Psa 10:3; Ec 8:11), that he will not even spare his friend if in his way.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
The evil desires of a wicked man's heart, lead to baseness in his conduct.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Proverbs 21:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

נֶ֣פֶשׁNe.fesh[the] appetite ofH5315
רָ֭שָׁעRa.sho'a wicked [person]H7563
אִוְּתָה\־'i.ve.tah-it cravesH183
רָ֑עRa'evilH7451
לֹא\־lo'-notH3808
יֻחַ֖ןyu.Chanhe is shown favorH2603
בְּעֵינָ֣יוbe.'ei.Navin view hisH5869
רֵעֵֽהוּ\׃re.'E.huneighbor hisH7453

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Proverbs 21:10

  • 1 John 2:16

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

  • Micah 3:2-3

    Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones; Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.

  • Proverbs 3:29

    Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

  • Mark 7:21-22

    For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:

  • 1 Corinthians 10:6

    Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.

  • Isaiah 32:6-8

    For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the Lord, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail. The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right. But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.

  • Psalms 36:4

    He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.

  • Psalms 112:9

    He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.

  • Proverbs 21:13

    Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.

  • James 5:4-6

    Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth. Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter. Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.

  • James 2:13

    For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.

  • 1 Samuel 25:8-11

    Ask thy young men, and they will shew thee. Wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes: for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants, and to thy son David. And when David’s young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased. And Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master. Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
soul.
3:29; 12:12; Ps 36:4; 52:2,3; Mr 7:21,22; 1Co 10:6; Jas 4:1-5
1Jo 2:16
findeth no favour. Heb. is not favoured.
13; 1Sa 25:8-11; Ps 112:5,9; Isa 32:6-8; Mic 3:2,3; Jas 2:13; 5:4-6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Proverbs 21:9

    It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.

  • Proverbs 21:10

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

  • Proverbs 21:11

    When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.

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Proverbs 21:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
El alma del impío desea mal: su prójimo no le parece bien.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
L’âme du méchant désire le mal; son prochain ne trouve pas grâce à ses yeux.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Die Seele des Gesetzlosen begehrt das Böse: sein Nächster findet keine Gnade in seinen Augen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Anima impii desiderat malum: non miserebitur proximo suo.