THEOSISProverbs 21:7Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
The robberies of the wicked shall be their downfall, because they would not do judgment.
שֹׁד־רְשָׁעִ֥ים יְגוֹרֵ֑ם כִּ֥י מֵ֝אֲנ֗וּ לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת מִשְׁפָּֽט׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 21:21He that followeth justice and mercy, shall find life, justice, and glory.
- Eph 5:6Let no man deceive you with vain words. For because of these things cometh the anger of God upon the children of unbelief.
- Mic 3:9Hear this, ye princes of the house of Jacob, and ye judges of the house of Israel: you that abhor judgment and pervert all that is right.
- Mic 3:12Therefore because of you, Sion shall be ploughed as a field, and Jerusalem shall be as a heap of stones, and the mountain of the temple as the high places of the forests.
- Ezek 18:18As for his father, because he oppressed and offered violence to his brother, and wrought evil in the midst of his people, behold he is dead in his own iniquity.
- Isa 1:23Thy princes are faithless, companions of thieves: they all love bribes, they run after rewards. They judge not for the fatherless: and the widow's cause cometh not in to them.
- Isa 1:24Therefore saith the Lord the God of hosts, the mighty one of Israel: Ah! I will comfort myself over my adversaries: and I will be revenged of my enemies.
- Prov 22:22Do no violence to the poor, because he is poor: and do not oppress the needy in the gate: