Proverbs 10:25
As the whirlwind passeth by, the wicked is no more; but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
In Context
24What the wicked dreadeth, that will come upon him: but the longing of the righteous will God grant.
26As vinegar is to the teeth, and as smoke is to the eyes: so is the sluggard to those that send him.
Cross References
Job 17:9Yet will the righteous hold firmly on to his way; and he that is clean of hands will acquire additional strength.
Job 21:18Are they as straw before the wind, and as chaff which the stealeth away?
Psalms 15:5That putteth not out his money for interest, and taketh no bribe against the innocent. He that doth these things shall not be moved to eternity.
Psalms 58:9(58:10) Before your pots can feel the thorns, will he take them away with a whirlwind, both the green and the burning.
Psalms 73:18Surely thou placest them on slippery spots: thou lettest them fall down into destruction.
Proverbs 1:27When your terror cometh like the tempest-cloud, and your calamity hasteneth like a whirlwind; when there come upon you distress and affliction.
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 →