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Solomon locates the wicked man's problem at the level of desire in Proverbs 21:10: The soul of the wicked desires evil; His neighbor finds no favor in his eyes (v. 10). The verse names a settled appetite.
The wicked is not someone who occasionally falls into evil; his soul desires evil. And the appetite has consequences for the people closest to him: his neighbor finds no favor in his eyes. He cannot extend kindness to those around him because the inward bent of his desires has set him against them by default.
The verse is sobering because it locates the problem at the level of desire, not behavior. Behavior can be policed; desire has to be transformed.
Used with permission from TheBibleSays.com.
You can access the original article here:Proverbs 21:10 Meaning
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