Proverbs 21:7

In 11 translations

BSB

The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to do what is just.

KJV

The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.destroy…: Heb. saw them, or, dwell with them

WEB

The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right.

ASV

The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away, Because they refuse to do justice.

LSV

The spoil of the wicked catches them, || Because they have refused to do judgment.

YLT

The spoil of the wicked catcheth them, Because they have refused to do judgment.

DBY

The devastation of the wicked sweepeth them away, because they refuse to do what is right.

DRC

The robberies of the wicked shall be their downfall, because they would not do judgment.

GNV

The robberie of the wicked shall destroy them: for they haue refused to execute iudgement.

JPS

The violence of the wicked shall drag them away; because they refuse to do justly.

LXXE

Destruction shall lodge with the ungodly; for they refuse to do justly.

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Original-language editions

WLC

שֹׁד־רְשָׁעִ֥ים יְגוֹרֵ֑ם כִּ֥י מֵ֝אֲנ֗וּ לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת מִשְׁפָּֽט׃

LXX-Br

Ὄλεθρος ἀσεβέσιν ἐπιξενωθήσεται, οὐ γὰρ βούλονται πράσσειν τὰ δίκαια.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 21:21He who pursues righteousness and loving devotion finds life, righteousness, and honor.
• Proverbs 22:22–23Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate, for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who rob them.
• Zechariah 5:3–4Then he told me, “This is the curse that is going out over the face of all the land, for according to one side of the scroll, every thief will be removed; and according to the other side, every perjurer will be…
• Ephesians 5:6Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.
• Micah 3:9–12Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all that is right, who build Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with iniquity. Her leaders judge for a…
• Psalms 7:16His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
• Jeremiah 7:15And I will cast you out of My presence, just as I have cast out all your brothers, all the descendants of Ephraim.
• Proverbs 1:18–19But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives. Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.
• Ezekiel 18:18As for his father, he will die for his own iniquity, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did what was wrong among his people.
• Jeremiah 7:9–11Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known, and then come and stand before Me in this house, which bears My Name, and say, ‘We are…
• Psalms 9:16The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah
• Ezekiel 22:13–14Now look, I strike My hands together against your unjust gain and against the blood you have shed in your midst. Will your courage endure or your hands be strong in the day I deal with you? I, the LORD, have spoken,…
• Isaiah 1:23–24Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them. Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts, the…
• Proverbs 10:6Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

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