Proverbs 10:25
As a whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no [more]; but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
In Context
26As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
Cross References
Job 17:9But the righteous shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall increase in strength.
Job 21:18Do they become as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away?
Psalms 15:5[He that] putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these [things] shall never be moved.
Psalms 58:9Before your pots feel the thorns, green or burning, they shall be whirled away.
Psalms 73:18Truly thou settest them in slippery places, thou castest them down in ruins.
Proverbs 1:27when your fear cometh as sudden destruction, and your calamity cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come upon 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 →