Proverbs 10:25
When the whirlwind passeth, the wicked is no more; but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
In Context
24The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him; and the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
26As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
Cross References
Job 17:9Yet the righteous holdeth on his way, and he that hath clean hands waxeth stronger and stronger.
Job 21:18That they are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm stealeth away?
Psalms 15:5He that putteth not out his money on interest, nor taketh a bribe against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.
Psalms 58:9(58-10) Before your pots can feel the thorns, He will sweep it away with a whirlwind, the raw and the burning alike.
Psalms 73:18Surely Thou settest them in slippery places; Thou hurlest them down to utter ruin.
Proverbs 1:27When your dread cometh as a storm, and your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind; when trouble and distress come upon you.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:25-26
24 The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted. 25 As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation. It is here said, and said again, to the righteous, that it shall be well with them, and to the wicked, Woe to them; and these are set the one over against the other, for their mutual illustration. I. It shall be as ill with the wicked as they can fear, and as well with the righteous as they can desire. 1. The… Read the whole commentary →