Proverbs 12:7
When the ungodly is overthrown, he vanishes away; but the houses of the just remain.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
In Context
6The words of ungodly men are crafty; but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:26Let thy name be magnified for ever. + 7:26 Heb. and Alex. add, 'and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee.'
Job 11:20But safety shall fail them; for their hope is destruction, and the eyes of the ungodly shall waste away.
Job 27:18And his house is gone like moths, and like a spider's web.
Psalms 37:10But all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hidden from thee.
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 →