Proverbs 15:25
The Lord, will tear down the house of the proud; but he will set up firmly the boundary [-stone] of the widow.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 10:17For the Lord your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who hath no regard to persons, and taketh no bribe;
Job 24:21He ill-treateth the barren that heareth not; and to the widow he acteth not well.
Psalms 10:14Thou hast seen it: for thou beholdest mischief and despiteful acts, to requite it with thy hand: unto thee the unfortunate committeth himself; unto the fatherless hast thou [ever] been a helper.
Psalms 52:5(52:7) [Therefore] God will also destroy thee for ever: he will take thee away, and pluck thee out of his tent, and root thee out of the land of life. Selah.—
Psalms 138:6For exalted is the Lord, yet doth he regard the lowly; but the proud he punisheth from afar.
Proverbs 12:7The wicked are suddenly overthrown, and are no more; but the house of the righteous will endure.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 15:25
24 The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath. The way of wisdom and holiness is here recommended to us, 1. As very safe and comfortable: It is the way of life, the way that leads to eternal life, in which we shall find the joy and satisfaction which will be the life of the soul, and at the end of which we shall find the perfection of blessedness. Be wise and live. It is the way to escape that misery which we cannot but see ourselves exposed to, and in danger of. It is to depart… Read the whole commentary →