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Proverbs 21:7
By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.
Proverbs 21:7 · Bible in Basic English
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Proverbs 21:7 in other translations
The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to do what is just.
The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right.
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In context
4 A high look and a heart of pride, *** of the evil-doer is sin.
5 The purposes of the man of industry have their outcome only in wealth; but one who is over-quick in acting will only come to be in need.
6 He who gets stores of wealth by a false tongue, is going after what is only breath, and searching for death.
7 By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.
8 Twisted is the way of him who is full of crime; but as for him whose heart is clean, his work is upright.
9 It is better to be living in an angle of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house.
10 The desire of the evil-doer is fixed on evil: he has no kind feeling for his neighbour.
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