Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The violence of the wicked will drag them away, for they refuse to do what is right. New Living Translation The violence of the wicked sweeps them away, because they refuse to do what is just. English Standard Version The violence of the wicked will sweep them away, because they refuse to do what is just. Berean Standard Bible The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to do what is just. King James Bible The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment. New King James Version The violence of the wicked will destroy them, Because they refuse to do justice. New American Standard Bible The violence of the wicked will sweep them away, Because they refuse to act with justice. NASB 1995 The violence of the wicked will drag them away, Because they refuse to act with justice. NASB 1977 The violence of the wicked will drag them away, Because they refuse to act with justice. Legacy Standard Bible The destruction of the wicked will drag them away, Because they refuse to do justice. Amplified Bible The violence of the wicked will [return to them and] drag them away [like fish caught in a net], Because they refuse to act with justice. Christian Standard Bible The violence of the wicked sweeps them away because they refuse to act justly. Holman Christian Standard Bible The violence of the wicked sweeps them away because they refuse to act justly. American Standard Version The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away, Because they refuse to do justice. Contemporary English Version You destroy yourself by being cruel and violent and refusing to live right. English Revised Version The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away; because they refuse to do judgment. GOD'S WORD® Translation The violence of wicked people will drag them away since they refuse to do what is just. Good News Translation The wicked are doomed by their own violence; they refuse to do what is right. International Standard Version Devastation caused by the wicked will drag them away because they refuse to do what is just. Majority Standard Bible The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to do what is just. NET Bible The violence done by the wicked will drag them away because they refuse to do what is right. New Heart English Bible The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right. Webster's Bible Translation The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment. World English Bible The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionThe spoil of the wicked catches them, "" Because they have refused to do judgment. Young's Literal Translation The spoil of the wicked catcheth them, Because they have refused to do judgment. Smith's Literal Translation The violence of the unjust shall sweep them away, for they refuse to do judgment. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThe robberies of the wicked shall be their downfall, because they would not do judgment. Catholic Public Domain Version The robberies of the impious will drag them down, because they were not willing to do judgment. New American Bible The violence of the wicked will sweep them away, because they refuse to do what is right. New Revised Standard Version The violence of the wicked will sweep them away, because they refuse to do what is just. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThe destruction of the wicked shall come upon them because they refused to do justice. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated The shipwreck of the evil will come upon them, because they did not choose to do justice. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917The violence of the wicked shall drag them away; Because they refuse to do justly. Brenton Septuagint Translation Destruction shall lodge with the ungodly; for they refuse to do justly. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The King's Heart…6Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit. 7The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to do what is just. 8The way of a guilty man is crooked, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.… Cross References Psalm 37:9 For the evildoers will be cut off, but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land. Isaiah 3:11 Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done. Micah 2:1-3 Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands. / They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance. / Therefore this is what the LORD says: “I am planning against this nation a disaster from which you cannot free your necks. Then you will not walk so proudly, for it will be a time of calamity. Job 4:8 As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same. Isaiah 59:6-8 Their cobwebs cannot be made into clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their deeds are sinful deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands. / Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake. / The way of peace they have not known, and there is no justice in their tracks. They have turned them into crooked paths; no one who treads on them will know peace. Jeremiah 21:12 O house of David, this is what the LORD says: ‘Administer justice every morning, and rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor, or My wrath will go forth like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it because of their evil deeds. Ezekiel 18:10-13 Now suppose that man has a violent son, who sheds blood or does any of these things, / though the father has done none of them: Indeed, the son eats at the mountain and defiles his neighbor’s wife. / He oppresses the poor and needy; he commits robbery and does not restore a pledge. He lifts his eyes to idols; he commits abominations. ... Hosea 10:13 You have plowed wickedness and reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your own way and in the multitude of your mighty men, Amos 3:10 “For they know not how to do right,” declares the LORD. “They store up violence and destruction in their citadels.” Habakkuk 2:9-10 Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster! / You have plotted shame for your house by cutting off many peoples and forfeiting your life. Matthew 7:15-20 Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. / By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? / Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. ... Luke 6:43-45 No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. / For each tree is known by its own fruit. Indeed, figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor grapes from brambles. / The good man brings good things out of the good treasure of his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil treasure of his heart. For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks. Romans 1:18-32 The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness. / For what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. / For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse. ... Romans 2:8-9 But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger. / There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil, first for the Jew, then for the Greek; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, / nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. Treasury of Scripture The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment. robbery Proverbs 1:18,19 And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives… Proverbs 10:6 Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. Proverbs 22:22,23 Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: … destroy them Zechariah 5:3,4 Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it… because Proverbs 21:21 He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour. Ezekiel 18:18 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. Ephesians 5:6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. Jump to Previous Act Acts Catcheth Desire Destroy Devastation Drag Drive Evil-Doers Judgment Justice Justly Pulled Refuse Refused Right Robbery Spoil Sweep Sweepeth Violence Violent WickedJump to Next Act Acts Catcheth Desire Destroy Devastation Drag Drive Evil-Doers Judgment Justice Justly Pulled Refuse Refused Right Robbery Spoil Sweep Sweepeth Violence Violent WickedProverbs 21 1. The king's heart in the hand of the LordThe violence The Hebrew word for "violence" here is "חָמָס" (chamas), which conveys a sense of wrong, cruelty, or injustice. In the ancient Near Eastern context, violence was not just physical harm but also included oppression and exploitation. This term is often used in the Old Testament to describe the moral corruption that leads to God's judgment, as seen in the days of Noah (Genesis 6:11). The use of "violence" in this verse underscores the destructive nature of sin and its consequences on both individuals and society. of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to do what is just Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The violenceשֹׁד־ (šōḏ-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 7701: Violence, havoc, devastation, ruin of the wicked רְשָׁעִ֥ים (rə·šā·‘îm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 7563: Wrong, an, bad person will sweep them away יְגוֹרֵ֑ם (yə·ḡō·w·rêm) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural Strong's 1641: To drag off roughly, to bring up the cud, to saw because כִּ֥י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction they refuse מֵ֝אֲנ֗וּ (mê·’ă·nū) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 3985: To refuse to do לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת (la·‘ă·śō·wṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 6213: To do, make what is just. מִשְׁפָּֽט׃ (miš·pāṭ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4941: A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style Links Proverbs 21:7 NIVProverbs 21:7 NLT Proverbs 21:7 ESV Proverbs 21:7 NASB Proverbs 21:7 KJV Proverbs 21:7 BibleApps.com Proverbs 21:7 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 21:7 Chinese Bible Proverbs 21:7 French Bible Proverbs 21:7 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 21:7 The violence of the wicked will drive (Prov. 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