Proverbs 12:7
Turn from the impious, and they will not be. But the house of the just shall stand firm.
Catholic Public Domain 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 impious lie in wait for blood. The mouth of the just shall free them.
8A man will be known by his doctrine. But whoever is vain and heartless will suffer contempt.
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:26so that your name may be magnified even forever, and so that it may be said: ‘The Lord of hosts is the God over Israel.’ And the house of your servant David will be established in the sight of the Lord.
Esther 9:14And the king instructed that it should be so done. And immediately the edict was hung up in Susa, and the ten sons of Haman were hung up.
Job 11:20But the eyes of the impious will fade away, and the path to escape will perish before them, for the abomination of the soul is their hope.
Job 27:18He has built his house like a moth, and he has made a makeshift shelter like a sentry.
Psalms 37:10O Lord, all my desire is before you, and my groaning before you has not been hidden.
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 →