Proverbs 21:12
The just considereth seriously the house of the wicked, that he may withdraw the wicked from evil.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
13He that stoppeth his ear against the cry of the poor, shall also cry himself and shall not be heard.
Cross References
Genesis 19:29Now when God destroyed the cities of that country, remembering Abraham, he delivered Lot out of the destruction of the cities wherein he had dwelt.
Job 8:15He shall lean upon his house, and it shall not stand: he shall prop it up, and it shall not rise:
Job 21:28For you say: Where is the house of the prince ? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?
Psalms 37:35I have seen the wicked highly exalted, and lifted up like the cedars of Libanus.
Psalms 107:43Who is wise, and will keep these things: and will understand the mercies of the Lord?
Proverbs 13:6Justice keepeth the way of the innocent: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 21:12
11 When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge. This we had before ( ch. xix. 25 ), and it shows that there are two ways by which the simple may be made wise:—1. By the punishments that are inflicted on those that are incorrigibly wicked. Let the law be executed upon a scorner, and even he that is simple will be awakened and alarmed by it, and will discern, more than he did, the evil of sin, and will take warning by it and take heed. 2. By the… Read the whole commentary →