Proverbs 10:25
When the storm-wind is past, the sinner is seen no longer, but the upright man is safe for ever.
Bible in Basic English
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 thing feared by the evil-doer will come to him, but the upright man will get his desire.
Cross References
Job 17:9Still the upright keeps on his way, and he who has clean hands gets new strength.
Job 21:18How frequently are they as dry stems before the wind, or as grass taken away by the storm-wind?
Psalms 15:5He who does not put out his money at interest, or for payment give false decisions against men who have done no wrong. He who does these things will never be moved.
Psalms 58:9\58:8\Let them be like an after-birth which is turned to water and comes to an end; like the fruit of a woman who gives birth before her time, let them not see the sun.
Psalms 73:18You put their feet where there was danger of slipping, so that they go down into destruction.
Proverbs 1:27When your fear comes on you like a storm, and your trouble like a rushing wind; when pain and sorrow come on 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 →