Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

The soul of a wicked man desires evil. His neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.

New American Standard Bible

The soul of the wicked desires evil;
His neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

A wicked person desires evil;
he has no consideration for his neighbor.

International Standard Version

The soul of the wicked craves evil; he extends no mercy to his neighbor.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


The soul of the wicked desires evil [like an addictive substance];
His neighbor finds no compassion in his eyes.

Bible in Basic English

The desire of the evil-doer is fixed on evil: he has no kind feeling for his neighbour.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

The soul of the unjust one desired evil: his neighbor shall not be compassionated in his eyes.

King James 2000

The soul of the wicked desires evil: his neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.

Lexham Expanded Bible

The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor will not find mercy in his eyes.

Modern King James verseion

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

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The soul of the ungodly wisheth evil; and hath no pity upon his neighbour.

NET Bible

The appetite of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor is shown no favor in his eyes.

New Heart English Bible

The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.

The Emphasized Bible

The soul of the lawless man, craveth mischief, his own friend, findeth no favour in his eyes.

Webster

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

World English Bible

The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.

Youngs Literal Translation

The soul of the wicked hath desired evil, Not gracious in his eyes is his neighbour.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
The soul
נפשׁ 
Nephesh 
Usage: 753

of the wicked
רשׁע 
Rasha` 
Usage: 263

אוה 
'avah 
Usage: 26

Verse Info

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

9 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a contentious woman in a wide house. 10 The soul of a wicked man desires evil. His neighbor finds no favor in his eyes. 11 When a scoffer is punished, a simple man is made wise, and when a wise man is instructed, he receives knowledge.



Cross References

1 Samuel 25:8-11

Ask thy young men, and they will tell thee. Therefore let the young men find favor in thine eyes, for we come in a good day. Give, I pray thee, whatever comes to thy hand to thy servants, and to thy son David.

Psalm 36:4

He devises iniquity upon his bed. He sets himself in a way that is not good. He does not abhor evil.

Psalm 52:2-3

Thy tongue devises wickedness, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Psalm 112:5

It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He shall maintain his cause in judgment,

Psalm 112:9

He has scattered, he has given to the poor. His righteousness endures forever. His horn shall be exalted with honor.

Proverbs 3:29

Do not devise evil against thy neighbor, since he dwells securely by thee.

Proverbs 12:12

A wicked man desires the net of evil men, but the root of the righteous gives.

Proverbs 21:13

He who stops his ears at the cry of a poor man, he also shall cry, but shall not be heard.

Isaiah 32:6-8

For the fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice profaneness, and to utter error against LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

Micah 3:2-3

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

Mark 7:21-22

For from inside the heart of men proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts,

1 Corinthians 10:6

But these things became our examples, for us not to be men who lust for evil things as those also lusted.

James 2:13

For the judgment is merciless to him who did no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

James 4:1-5

From where are wars and fightings among you? Is it not from here: from your pleasures warring in your body-parts?

James 5:4-6

Behold the wage of the workmen who reaped your fields. The man who was defrauded by you cries out. And the outcries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of Lord of hosts.

1 John 2:16

Because everything in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the arrogance of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

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