Parallel Verses
Amplified
The soul of the wicked desires evil [like an addictive substance];
His neighbor finds no compassion in his eyes.
New American Standard Bible
His
King James Version
The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.
Holman Bible
he has no consideration
International Standard Version
The soul of the wicked craves evil; he extends no mercy to his neighbor.
A Conservative Version
The soul of a wicked man desires evil. His neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.
American Standard Version
The soul of the wicked desireth evil: His neighbor findeth no favor 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.
Themes
Interlinear
Nephesh
Ra`
Rea`
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 21:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
9
It is better to live in a corner of the housetop [on the flat roof, exposed to the weather]
Than in a house shared with a quarrelsome (contentious) woman.
The soul of the wicked desires evil [like an addictive substance];
His neighbor finds no compassion in his eyes.
When the scoffer is punished, the naive [observes the lesson and] becomes wise;
But when the wise and teachable person is instructed, he receives knowledge.
Names
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:8-11
Ask your young men and they will tell you. Therefore let my young men find favor in your sight [and be well-treated], for we have come on a
Psalm 36:4
He plans wrongdoing on his bed;
He sets himself on a path that is not good;
He does not reject or despise evil.
Psalm 52:2-3
Your tongue devises destruction,
Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Psalm 112:5
It is well with the man who is gracious and lends;
He conducts his affairs with justice.
Psalm 112:9
He has given freely to the poor;
His righteousness endures forever;
His horn will be exalted in honor.
Proverbs 3:29
Do not devise evil against your neighbor,
Who lives securely beside you.
Proverbs 12:12
The wicked desire the plunder of evil men,
But the root of the righteous yields richer fruit.
Proverbs 21:13
Whoever shuts his ears at the cry of the poor
Will cry out himself and not be answered.
Isaiah 32:6-8
For the fool speaks nonsense,
And his heart (mind) plans wickedness:
To practice ungodliness and to speak error concerning the Lord,
To keep the craving of the hungry unsatisfied
And to deprive the thirsty of drink.
Micah 3:2-3
“You who hate good and love evil,
Who tear the skin off my people
And their flesh from their bones;
Mark 7:21-22
1 Corinthians 10:6
Now these things [the warnings and admonitions] took place as examples for us, so that we would not crave evil things as they did.
James 2:13
For judgment will be merciless to one who has shown no mercy; but [to the one who has shown mercy] mercy triumphs [victoriously] over judgment.
James 4:1-5
What leads to [the unending]
James 5:4-6
Look! The wages that you have [fraudulently] withheld from the laborers who have mowed your fields are crying out [against you for vengeance]; and the cries of the harvesters have come to the ears of
1 John 2:16
For all that is in the world—the lust and sensual craving of the flesh and the lust and longing of the eyes and the boastful pride of life [pretentious confidence in one’s resources or in the stability of earthly things]—these do not come from the Father, but are from the world.