Proverbs 15:25
The Lord will destroy the house of the proud: and will strengthen the borders of the widow.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 above for the wise, that he may decline from the lowest hell.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 10:17Because the Lord your God he is the God of gods, and the Lord of lords, a great God and mighty and terrible, a who accepteth no person nor taketh bribes.
Job 24:21For he hath fed the barren that beareth not, and to the widow he hath done no good.
Psalms 52:5Thou hast loved malice more than goodness: and iniquity rather than to speak righteousness.
Psalms 138:6Let my tongue cleave to my jaws, if I do not remember thee: If I make not Jerusalem the beginning of my joy.
Proverbs 12:7Turn the wicked, and they shall 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 →