Proverbs 21:7

“The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them, etc.] Or cut them, so Ben Melech: dissect or “saw”f573 them; cut them to the heart; that is, when the sins they have been guilty of, in robbing God of his due, or doing injury to men in their properties, cheating them or stealing from them, are set home on their consciences, they are in the utmost agonies and distress; it is as if a saw was drawn to and fro over them, and will be their case for ever without true repentance: this is the worm that never dies, and the fire that is never quenched; this is everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and is very just and righteous; because they refuse to do judgment; to do that which is just…”

“robbery--or, "destruction," especially oppression, of which they are authors. shall destroy--literally, "cut with a saw" (Kg1 7:9), that is, utterly ruin them. Their sins shall be visited on them in kind. to do judgment--what is just and right.”

“Robbery - Probably the “violence” which the wicked practice. Shall destroy them - More literally, carries them away. return to 'Top of Page'”

“robbery: Pro 1:18, Pro 1:19, Pro 10:6, Pro 22:22, Pro 22:23; Psa 7:16, Psa 9:16; Isa 1:23, Isa 1:24; Jer 7:9-11, Jer 7:15; Eze 22:13, Eze 22:14; Mic 3:9-12 destroy them: Heb. saw them, or, dwell with them, Zac 5:3, Zac 5:4 because: Pro 21:21; Eze 18:18; Eph 5:6 Proverbs 21:8”

“7 The violence of the godless teareth them away, For they have refused to do what is right. The destruction which they prepare for others teareth or draggeth them away to destruction, by which wicked conduct brings punishment on itself; their own conduct is its own executioner (cf. Pro 1:19); for refusing to practise what is right, they have pronounced judgment against themselves, and fallen under condemnation. Rightly Jerome, detrahent, with Aquila, κατασπάσει = j'gurrem (as Hab 1:15), from גּרר; on the contrary, the lxx incorrectly, ἐπιξενωθήσεται, from גוּר, to dwell, to live as a guest; and the Venet., as Luther, in opposition to the usus loq.: δεδίξεται (fut. of δεδίσσεσθαι, to…”