PROVERBS CHAPTER 21.
V. 7. The robbery of the wicked, the violence which they try to exert in working harm to others, shall destroy them, they are swept away as the result of their own wickedness, because they refuse to do judgment, that which is just and right before the Lord.
V. 8. The way of man is froward and strange, literally, “Twisted is the way of the guilt-laden,” for the vicious man has only wickedness in mind; but as for the pure, one who is clean in his conduct, his work is right, in agreement with the will of God.
V. 9. It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, seated alone and forsaken on the parapet of the Oriental flat roof, exposed to every form of weather, than with a brawling woman, one always nagging and quarreling, in a wide house; for though the house be large enough for several families, it is not large enough to afford peace where the one or the other spouse is addicted to such unpleasant behavior.
V. 10. The soul of the wicked desireth evil, since that is his only delight in life; his neighbor findeth no favor in his eyes, his selfishness makes him utterly devoid of mercy and compassion.