Proverbs 21:12
The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked and brings the wicked to ruin.
Berean Standard Bible
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In Context
13Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too shall cry out and receive no answer.
Cross References
Genesis 19:29So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, He remembered Abraham, and He brought Lot out of the catastrophe that destroyed the cities where he had lived.
Job 8:15He leans on his web, but it gives way; he holds fast, but it does not endure.
Job 21:28For you say, ‘Where now is the nobleman’s house, and where are the tents in which the wicked dwell?’
Psalms 37:35I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,
Psalms 107:43Let him who is wise pay heed to these things and consider the loving devotion of the LORD.
Proverbs 13:6Righteousness guards the man of integrity, but wickedness undermines 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 →