Proverbs 21:12
The righteous man considereth the house of the wicked, [How] the wicked are overthrown to [their] ruin.
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In Context
13Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, He also shall cry, but shall not be heard.
Cross References
Genesis 19:29And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the Plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot dwelt.
Job 8:15He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: He shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure.
Job 21:28For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent wherein the wicked dwelt?
Psalms 37:35I have seen the wicked in great power, And spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.
Psalms 107:43Whoso is wise will give heed to these things; And they will consider the lovingkindnesses of Jehovah. Psalm 108 A Song, A Psalm of David.
Proverbs 13:6Righteousness guardeth him that is upright in the way; 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 →