Proverbs 21:7 - Exposition

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 guest ( ἐπιξενωθήσεται ) with the ungodly." The reason of this fate is given in the concluding hemistich: Because they refuse to do judgment. This is a judicial retribution on them for wilfully declining ( Proverbs 21:25 ) to do what is right.