Proverbs 12:7
Evil-doers are overturned and never seen again, but the house of upright men will keep its place.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
In Context
8A man will be praised in the measure of his wisdom, but a wrong-minded man will be looked down on.
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:26And let your name be made great for ever, and let men say, The Lord of armies is God over Israel: and let the family of David your servant be made strong before you!
Esther 9:14And the king said that this was to be done, and the order was given out in Shushan, and the hanging of Haman's ten sons was effected.
Job 11:20But the eyes of the evil-doers will be wasting away; their way of flight is gone, and their only hope is the taking of their last breath.
Job 27:18His house has no more strength than a spider's thread, or a watchman's tent.
Psalms 37:10For in a short time the evil-doer will be gone: you will go searching for his place, and it will not be there.
Psalms 37:36But he came to an end, and there was no sign of him; I made a search for him and he was not there.
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 →