Parallel Verses

American Standard Version

The soul of the wicked desireth evil: His neighbor findeth no favor in his eyes.

New American Standard Bible

The soul of the wicked desires evil;
His neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.

King James Version

The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.

Holman Bible

A wicked person desires evil;
he has no consideration for his neighbor.

International Standard Version

The soul of the wicked craves evil; he extends no mercy to his neighbor.

A Conservative Version

The soul of a wicked man desires evil. His neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.

Amplified


The soul of the wicked desires evil [like an addictive substance];
His neighbor finds no compassion in his eyes.

Bible in Basic English

The desire of the evil-doer is fixed on evil: he has no kind feeling for his neighbour.

Darby Translation

The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.

Julia Smith Translation

The soul of the unjust one desired evil: his neighbor shall not be compassionated in his eyes.

King James 2000

The soul of the wicked desires evil: his neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.

Lexham Expanded Bible

The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor will not find mercy in his eyes.

Modern King James verseion

The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The soul of the ungodly wisheth evil; and hath no pity upon his neighbour.

NET Bible

The appetite of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor is shown no favor in his eyes.

New Heart English Bible

The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.

The Emphasized Bible

The soul of the lawless man, craveth mischief, his own friend, findeth no favour in his eyes.

Webster

The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbor findeth no favor in his eyes.

World English Bible

The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.

Youngs Literal Translation

The soul of the wicked hath desired evil, Not gracious in his eyes is his neighbour.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
נפשׁ 
Nephesh 
Usage: 753

of the wicked
רשׁע 
Rasha` 
Usage: 263

אוה 
'avah 
Usage: 26

Verse Info

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

9 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house. 10 The soul of the wicked desireth evil: His neighbor findeth no favor in his eyes. 11 When the scoffer is punished, the simple is made wise; And when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.

Cross References

1 Samuel 25:8-11

Ask thy young men, and they will tell thee: wherefore let the young men find favor in thine eyes; for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thy hand, unto thy servants, and to thy son David.

Psalm 36:4

He deviseth iniquity upon his bed; He setteth himself in a way that is not good; He abhorreth not evil.

Psalm 52:2-3

Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Psalm 112:5

Well is it with the man that dealeth graciously and lendeth; He shall maintain his cause in judgment.

Psalm 112:9

He hath dispersed, he hath given to the needy; His righteousness endureth for ever: His horn shall be exalted with honor.

Proverbs 3:29

Devise not evil against thy neighbor, Seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

Proverbs 12:12

The wicked desireth the net of evil men; But the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit .

Proverbs 21:13

Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, He also shall cry, but shall not be heard.

Isaiah 32:6-8

For the fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise profaneness, and to utter error against Jehovah, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

Micah 3:2-3

ye who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;

Mark 7:21-22

For from within, out of the heart of men, evil thoughts proceed, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries,

1 Corinthians 10:6

Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.

James 2:13

For judgment is without mercy to him that hath showed no mercy: mercy glorieth against judgment.

James 4:1-5

Whence come wars and whence come fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your pleasures that war in your members?

James 5:4-6

Behold, the hire of the laborers who mowed your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth out: and the cries of them that reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.

1 John 2:16

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vain glory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

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