Proverbs 21:10

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Summary

Proverbs 21:10

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

Soul

Findeth no favour

James 5:4

Bible References

Soul

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

The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.

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

Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

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

From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even from your lusts that war in your members?

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 from the Father, but is from the world.

Findeth no favour

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

Ask thy young men, and they will show thee. Wherefore let the young men find favor in thy eyes: for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, whatever cometh to thy hand, to thy servants, and to thy son David.

A good man showeth favor, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.

For the vile person will speak villainy, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice 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.

Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from them, and their flesh from off their bones;

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

Behold, the hire of the laborers who have reaped your fields, which is by you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them who have reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.