Focused Passage

Proverbs 21:7

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

7 The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to do what is just.

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Verse 7

Original words

The violence שֹׁד־ H7701 Noun - masculine singular construct of the wicked רְשָׁעִ֥ים H7563 Adjective - masculine plural will sweep them away יְגוֹרֵ֑ם H1641 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural because כִּ֥י H3588 Conjunction they refuse מֵ֝אֲנ֗וּ H3985 Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural to do לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת H6213 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct what is just מִשְׁפָּֽט׃ H4941 Noun - masculine singular

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