Proverbs 15:25
The Lord will demolish the house of the arrogant. And He will make firm the borders of the widow.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.
In Context
24The path of life is for the wise above, so that he may turn away from the end of Hell.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 10:17For the Lord your God himself is the God of gods, and the Lord of lords, a God great and powerful and terrible, who favors no person and accepts no bribe.
Job 24:21For he has fed on the barren, who does not bear fruit, and he has not done good to the widow.
Psalms 52:5Will they never learn: all those who work iniquity, who devour my people like a meal of bread?
Psalms 138:6Your knowledge has become a wonder to me. It has been reinforced, and I am not able to prevail against it.
Proverbs 12:7Turn from the impious, and they will not be. But the house of the just shall stand firm.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 15:25
24 The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath. The way of wisdom and holiness is here recommended to us, 1. As very safe and comfortable: It is the way of life, the way that leads to eternal life, in which we shall find the joy and satisfaction which will be the life of the soul, and at the end of which we shall find the perfection of blessedness. Be wise and live. It is the way to escape that misery which we cannot but see ourselves exposed to, and in danger of. It is to depart… Read the whole commentary →