10The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.
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For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail. …
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones; …
Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10)See here the character of a very wicked man. 1. The strong inclination he has to do mischief. His very soul desires evil , desires that evil may be done and that he may have the pleasure, not only of seeing it, but of having a hand in it. The root of wickedness lies in the soul; the desire that men have to do evil, that is the lust which conceives and brings forth sin. 2. The strong aversion he ha…
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