Proverbs 21:7
The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to do what is just.
The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
Note destroy…: Heb. saw them, or, dwell with them
The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right.
The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away, Because they refuse to do justice.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- robbery
- Proverbs 1:18, 19; Proverbs 10:6; Proverbs 22:22, 23; Psalm 7:16; Psalm 9:16; Isaiah 1:23, 24; Jeremiah 7:9–11, 15; Ezekiel 22:13, 14; Micah 3:9–12
- destroy them
- Heb. saw them, or, dwell with them.
- Zechariah 5:3, 4
- because
- Proverbs 21:21; Ezekiel 18:18; Ephesians 5:6