Proverbs 12:7
The wicked are overthrown, and are not, but the house of the righteous shall stand.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
In Context
6The words of the wicked lay in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:26And let thy name be magnified forever, saying, LORD of hosts is God over Israel, and the house of thy servant David shall be established before thee.
Esther 9:14And the king commanded it so to be done. And a decree was given out in Shushan, and they hanged Haman's ten sons.
Job 11:20But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall have no way to flee. And their hope shall be the giving up of the spirit.
Job 27:18He builds his house as the moth, and as a booth which the keeper makes.
Psalms 37:10For yet a little while, and the wicked man shall not be. Yea, thou shall diligently consider his place, and he shall not be.
Psalms 37:36But I passed by, and, lo, he was not. Yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 12:7
6 The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them. In the foregoing verse the thoughts of the wicked and righteous were compared; here their words, and those are as the abundance of the heart is. 1. Wicked people speak mischief to their neighbours; and wicked indeed those are whose words are to lie in wait for blood; their tongues are swords to those that stand in their way, to good men whom they hate and persecute. See an instance, Luke xx. 20, 21 . 2. Good… Read the whole commentary →