Proverbs 10:25
When the whirlwind passes, the wicked man is no more, but the righteous man is an everlasting foundation.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
In Context
24The fear of a wicked man shall come upon him. And the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
26As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.
Cross References
Job 17:9Yet the righteous shall hold on his way. And he who has clean hands shall grow stronger and stronger.
Job 21:18that they are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carries away?
Psalms 15:5he who puts not his money out to interest, nor takes a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved.
Psalms 58:9Before your pots can feel the thorns, he will take them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.
Psalms 73:18Surely thou set them in slippery places. Thou cast them down to destruction.
Proverbs 1:27when your fear comes as a storm, and your calamity comes on as a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:25-26
24 The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted. 25 As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation. It is here said, and said again, to the righteous, that it shall be well with them, and to the wicked, Woe to them; and these are set the one over against the other, for their mutual illustration. I. It shall be as ill with the wicked as they can fear, and as well with the righteous as they can desire. 1. The… Read the whole commentary →