Proverbs 21:7

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 21:7

See here, 1. The nature of injustice. Getting money by lying (Prov. 21:6) is no better than downright robbery. Cheating is stealing; you might as well pick a man's pocket as impose upon him by a lie in making a bargain, which he had no fence against but by not believing you; and it will be no excuse from the guilt of robbery to say that he might choose whether he would believe you, for that is a debt we should owe to all men. 2. The cause of injustice. Men refuse to do judgment; they will not... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 21:7

The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them ,.... Or cut them, so Ben Melech: dissect or "saw" F19 יגורם "dissecabit eos", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "serrabit eos", Aben Ezra & Kimchi in Mercer. Michaelis; "gravem ipsis uterum trahit", Schultens. them; cut them to the heart; that is, when the sins they have been guilty of, in robbing God of his due, or doing injury to men in their properties, cheating them or stealing from them, are set home on their consciences, they... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 21:7

The robbery of the wicked - The wicked shall be terrified and ruined by the means they use to aggrandize themselves. And as they refuse to do judgment, they shall have judgment without mercy. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 21:4-9

A family of vices There is a kinship between all vices as between all virtues. All sins spring from a disturbance of our true relations to God, as all virtues rest upon the deep consciousness of that relation. I. THE SIN OF PRIDE . ( Proverbs 21:4 .) Its aspect— the lofty eyes, the haughty glance—and its principle in the heart are struck by the Divine rebuke. The meaning of the second clause is not quite clear; probably it is, "The light of the wicked is only sin," i.e. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 21:6-8

Marks of sin Here we have four marks of that many-sided evil which God condemns as sin. I. ITS MANIFOLDNESS OF FORM . Of its varied developments we have four forms here specified. 1 . Falsehood, with a view to temporal enrichment, or the sin of cheating—a crime which has dishonoured the markets and counting houses of every land. 2 . Violence, with the same end in view—the breaking into the neighbour's treasury, or the assault committed on his person. 3 . ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 21:7

The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; Vulgate, rapinae impiorum detrahenteos ; Revised Version, "The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away," like chaff before the wind. The violence with which they treat others shall rebound on themselves, shall bring its own punishment; they shall sink in the pit that they made, and their foot shall be taken in the net which they hid ( Psalms 9:15 ; comp. Proverbs 1:18 , Proverbs 1:19 ). Septuagint, "Destruction shall sojourn as... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 21:7-8

Proverbs 21:7-8. The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them The injury which they do to others shall, either by God or men, be returned upon their own heads; because they refuse to do judgment They wilfully and obstinately give up themselves to unrighteous practices. The way of man The course of man’s life, of the life of every man, as he is by nature, or in his corrupt state; is froward and strange Perverse and estranged from God, and from man’s primitive integrity, and from the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Proverbs 21:1-31

God at work in people’s lives (21:1-31)As God directs the course along which a stream flows, so he guides the decisions of national rulers according to his plan (21:1). God knows people’s motives and he will not accept their sacrifices if their thoughts and actions are wrong (2-4). Prosperity that comes through diligence is a fitting reward, but prosperity that comes through greed, lying and violence is a deadly trap (5-8). Some people make life unpleasant for those who live in the same house,... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 21:7

robbery = rapacity. Illustrations: the princes of Judah (Isaiah 1:23 , Isaiah 1:24 ); the Jews (Jeremiah 7:9-11 , Jeremiah 7:15 ; Jeremiah 34:10-22 .Micah 3:9-12; Micah 3:9-12 ). read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Proverbs 21:7

"The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away, Because they refuse to do justice."We may read this as an imperative for every intelligent society, after the manner of Genesis 9:6, where is recorded the Divine order for society to execute murderers. This verse states what ought to be, not that which actually is. It must be pointed out that a society which rejects this Divine injunction is writing its own death-warrant. read more

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