Proverbs 12:7
The wicked are suddenly overthrown, and are no more; but the house of the righteous will endure.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
In Context
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:26And let thy name be magnified unto everlasting, that men may say, The Lord of hosts is the God over Israel: and may the house of thy servant David be established before thee.
Esther 9:14And the king ordered that it should be done so; and the law was given out at Shushan; and the ten sons of Haman were hanged.
Job 11:20But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and the means of escape will vanish from them, and their [sole] hope shall be the breathing out of their soul.
Job 27:18He buildeth his house like the moth, and like a hut that a keeper hath made.
Psalms 37:10For yet but for a little while, and the wicked shall be no more: yea, thou wilt look carefully at his place, and he shall not be there.
Psalms 37:36Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was no more: and I sought him, but he could not be found.
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 →