Focused Passage

Proverbs 21:10

The LORD Weighs the Heart: Justice, Righteousness, Pride, Diligence, and the Limits of Human Strength

The chapter moves from the LORD's sovereignty over kings and hearts, to justice over sacrifice, to diligence and dishonest gain, to household conflict and wicked desire, to mercy and justice, to speech, generosity, false witness, and finally to the LORD's supremacy over every human plan and battle.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

10 The soul of the wicked man craves evil; his neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.

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Verse 10

Original words

The soul נֶ֣פֶשׁ H5315 Noun - feminine singular of the wicked [man] רָ֭שָׁע H7563 Adjective - masculine singular craves אִוְּתָה־ H183 Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person feminine singular evil רָ֑ע H7451 Adjective - masculine singular his neighbor רֵעֵֽהוּ׃ H7453 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular finds no favor יֻחַ֖ן H2603 Verb - Hofal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular . . . לֹא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle in his eyes בְּעֵינָ֣יו H5869 Preposition-b | Noun - cdc | third person masculine singular

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