Parallel Verses

Modern King James verseion

The soul of the wicked 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.

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.

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 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 a corner of the housetop than with a quarrelsome woman and to share a house. 10 The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no favor in his eyes. 11 When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise; and when the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.



Cross References

1 Samuel 25:8-11

Ask your young men, and they will tell you. And let the young men find favor in your eyes, for we come in a good day. Please give whatever comes to your hand to your servants and to your son David.

Psalm 36:4

He plots evil on his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he does not hate evil.

Psalm 52:2-3

Your tongue devises evil, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Psalm 112:5

A good man shows favor, and lends; he will guide his business with fairness.

Psalm 112:9

He has scattered abroad; he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn shall be lifted up with honor.

Proverbs 3:29

Do not plan evil against your neighbor, since he dwells trustingly by you.

Proverbs 12:12

The wicked desires the net of evils; but the root of the righteous yields fruit.

Proverbs 21:13

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

Isaiah 32:6-8

For the fool will speak folly, and his heart work iniquity, to practice hypocrisy and to speak error against Jehovah, to make the soul of the hungry empty, and he will take away the drink of the thirsty.

Micah 3:2-3

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

Mark 7:21-22

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

1 Corinthians 10:6

And these things were our examples, that we should not be lusters after evil, as they also lusted.

James 2:13

For he who has shown no mercy shall have judgment without mercy, and mercy exults over judgment.

James 4:1-5

From where do wars and fightings among you come? Is it not from this, from your lusts which war in your members?

James 5:4-6

Behold, the hire of the laborers reaping your fields cry out, being kept back by you. And the cries of those who have reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of hosts.

1 John 2:16

because 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.

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