Proverbs 21:10 (BSB)

The soul of the wicked man craves evil; his neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.

From Proverbs 21. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 21:10

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 21:10: 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.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 21:10: The soul of the wicked desireth evil,.... The evil of sin, it being natural to him; he chooses it, delights in it, craves after it, under a notion of pleasure or profit: or the evil of mischief; it is a sport and pastime to him to do injury to others; see Pro 10:23; he desires both the one and the other with all his soul...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 21:10: So strongly does he desire to do evil (Psa 10:3; Ecc 8:11), that he will not even spare his friend if in his way.
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 21:10: Pro 21:10 10 The soul of the godless hath its desire after evil; His neighbour findeth no mercy in his eyes. The interchange of perf. and fut. cannot be without intention. Löwenstein renders the former as perf. hypotheticum: if the soul of the wicked desires anything evil...; but the רשׁע wishes evil not merely now and then, but that is in general his nature and tendency. The perf.