Proverbs 21:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The robbery of the wicked shall destroya them; because they refuse to do judgment. ”

Proverbs 21:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Robbery - Probably the “violence” which the wicked practice. Shall destroy them - More literally, carries them away.
Proverbs 21:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

The (d) robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment. (d) He means this chiefly of judges and princes who leave that calling, to which God has called them, and impove...
Proverbs 21:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 21:1 . watercourses: not the natural brooks and wadys of Palestine, but the artificial irrigation canals of Egypt or Babylonia, which could be diverted in any direction at will. Prove...
Proverbs 21:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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 ).
Proverbs 21:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment. The robbery of the wicked - The wicked shall be terrified and ruined by the means they use to aggrandize themselves....
Proverbs 21:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them— The ruin or desolation of the wicked shall affright them (they shall be desolated, ruined, ravaged, and terrified); because they would not follow...
Proverbs 21:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment. The robbery of (i:e., perpetrated by) the wicked shall destroy them, [or else shall make them to fear: from...
Proverbs 21:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. The 'watercourses' (RV) are the artificial irrigation channels of Egypt and Babylon ( Isaiah 58:11 ).
Proverbs 21:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The robbery of the wicked. — Or, their violence. See above on Proverbs 1:19 . (Comp. Psalms 9:15 .)
Proverbs 21:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 22 WINE "He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich."- Proverbs 21:17 THE Septuagint translation has an interesting addition to the prov...
Proverbs 21:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 21:4 . The "lamp" of a man's life is his spirit. Where that is exalted and manifests itself in the high look and the proud heart, there is sin. All of which is to say that for a man t...
Proverbs 21:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts. To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. An high look, and a proud heart, and the plow...
Proverbs 21:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them ,.... Or cut them, so Ben Melech: dissect or "saw" s them; cut them to the heart; that is, when the sins they have been guilty of, in robbing God of his...
Proverbs 21:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment. Ver. 7. The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them. ] Heb., Shall saw them: that is, shall bring upon them exqui...
Proverbs 21:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Proverbs 21:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

7 The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment. See here, 1. The nature of injustice. Getting money by lying ( Proverbs 21:6 Proverbs 21:6 ) is...
Proverbs 21:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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. They refuse to do judgment; they wilfully and obstinate...
Proverbs 21:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 21:5 . Thoughts , rather the counsels , the calculatings . Proverbs 21:6 . Vanity tossed to and fro . Rather a fleeting breath . The Hebrew word hebel , here tran...
Proverbs 21:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 21:1 . The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord; as the rivers of water, he turneth it whithersoever he will. The allusion is probably to the water-meads and the ditches in the corn fi...
Proverbs 21:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity. Dishonesty I. The evil of dishonesty. 1. A breach of the law of God. 2. An invasion of the Divine right of property. 3. An encou...
Proverbs 21:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 21:1 The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water. We are to think of the little channels used for irrigation. As these are altogether under the...
Proverbs 21:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 7. The robbery of the wicked, the violence which they try to exert in working harm to others, shall destroy them, they are swept away as the result of their own wickedness, because they refus...
Proverbs 21:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ephesians 5:6 ; Ezekiel 18:18 ; Ezekiel 22:13 ; Ezekiel 22:14 ; Isaiah 1:23 ; Isaiah 1:24 ; Jeremiah 7:15 ; Jeremiah 7:9-11 ; Micah 3:9-12 ; Proverbs 1:18 ; Proverbs 1:19 ; Proverbs 10:6...

Proverbs 21:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 21:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Proverbs 21:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 21:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 21:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 21:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 21:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 21:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 21:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 21:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 21:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 21:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 21:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 21:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 21:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 21:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 21:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 21:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 21:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 21:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 21:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 21:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 21:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge