Proverbs 21:12

The just considereth seriously the house of the wicked, that he may withdraw the wicked from evil.

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)

In The King James Version

The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.

In Context

11When a pestilent man is punished, the little one will be wiser: and if he follow the wise, he will receive knowledge.

13He that stoppeth his ear against the cry of the poor, shall also cry himself, and shall not be heard.

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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 no 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?

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 →

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