Proverbs 15:25
The LORD tears down the house of the proud, but He protects the boundaries of the widow.
Berean Standard Bible
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 leads upward for the wise, that he may avoid going down to Sheol.
26The LORD detests the thoughts of the wicked, but the words of the pure are pleasant to Him.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 10:17For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awesome God, showing no partiality and accepting no bribe.
Job 24:21They prey on the barren and childless, and show no kindness to the widow.
Psalms 10:14But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
Psalms 52:5Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
Psalms 138:6Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.
Proverbs 12:7The wicked are overthrown and perish, but the house of the righteous will stand.
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 →