Proverbs 21:7

¶ The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.

The robbery {H7701} of the wicked {H7563} shall destroy {H1641} them; because they refuse {H3985} to do {H6213} judgment {H4941}.

The violence of the wicked will sweep them away, because they refuse to act justly.

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

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

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Cross-References

  • Proverbs 21:21 (4 votes)

    ¶ He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.

  • Ephesians 5:6 (3 votes)

    Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

  • Micah 3:9 (2 votes)

    Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.

  • Micah 3:12 (2 votes)

    Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed [as] a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.

  • Ezekiel 18:18 (2 votes)

    [As for] his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did [that] which [is] not good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity.

  • Isaiah 1:23 (2 votes)

    Thy princes [are] rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

  • Isaiah 1:24 (2 votes)

    Therefore saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies: