Proverbs 21:7

The violence of the wicked sweeps them away because they refuse to do right. It matters because injustice ultimately destroys those who practice it.

Cross-references · 14

• Prov 21:21He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.
• Mic 3:9–12Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.
• Zech 5:3–4Then 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.
• Ps 7:16His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
• Eph 5:6Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
• Prov 22:22–23Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
• Jer 7:15And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim.
• Ezek 22:13–14Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.
• Prov 1:18–19And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
• Isa 1:23–24Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
• Ezek 18:18As 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.
• Ps 9:16The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
• Prov 10:6Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
• Jer 7:9–11Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;

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