Proverbs 12:7
Overthrow the wicked, and they are no [more]; but the house of the righteous shall stand.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
In Context
8A man is commended according to his wisdom; but he that is of a perverted heart shall be despised.
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:26And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, Jehovah of hosts is God over Israel; and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee.
Esther 9:14And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.
Job 11:20But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and [all] refuge shall vanish from them, and their hope [shall be] the breathing out of life.
Job 27:18He buildeth his house as the moth, and as a booth that a keeper maketh.
Psalms 37:10For yet a little while, and the wicked is not; and thou considerest his place, but he is not.
Psalms 37:36but he passed away, and behold, he was not; and I sought him, but he was not found.
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 →