7 The violence of the wicked will drag them away,
for they refuse to do what is right.
New International Version (NIV)
PCDC Commentary
Because the wicked
choose violence over righteousness,
they are beguiled.
7 The righteous lead blameless lives;
blessed are their children after them.
New International Version (NIV)
PCDC Commentary
Children of righteous parents
receive goodness and blessings.
7 The poor are shunned by all their relatives—
how much more do their friends avoid them!
Though the poor pursue them with pleading,
they are nowhere to be found.
New International Version (NIV)
PCDC Commentary
Rejected by family,
Dodged by friends,
The poor struggle alone in their poverty.
9 One who is slack in his work
is brother to one who destroys.
New International Version (NIV)
PCDC Commentary
A slacker is kin to a ransacker.
7 Eloquent lips are unsuited to a godless fool;
how much worse lying lips to a ruler!
New International Version (NIV)
PCDC Commentary
Fluency is incompatible with fools.
Lies are even worse for rulers.
