Proverbs 12:7
The wicked are destroyed, and they're gone, but the family of the good stands firm.
Free Bible Version
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 the wicked are like a violent ambush, but those of honest people save them.
8People are appreciated for talking sense, but those with perverted minds are despised.
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:26and may your true nature be honored forever, with people declaring, ‘The Lord Almighty is Israel's God!’ May the house of your servant David continue to be there in your presence.
Esther 9:14The king ordered this to be done. A decree was issued in Susa, and they impaled the bodies of Haman's ten sons.
Job 11:20But the eyes of the wicked will fail, they will not be able to escape, and their only hope is in death.”
Job 27:18They build their houses like a moth; like some flimsy shelter made by a watchman.
Psalms 37:10In a little while the wicked will be no more—though you look for them you won't find them.
Psalms 37:36But when I passed that way the next time, they were gone. I searched for them but couldn't find them.
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 →