Proverbs 21:12
The righteous regardeth attentively the house of the wicked; [but God] overturneth the wicked into unhappiness.
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Genesis 19:29And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot away out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot had dwelt.
Job 8:15He leaneth against his house, but it shall not stand: he layeth fast hold on it, but it shall not remain erect.
Job 21:28For ye say, Where is the house of the noble-minded? and where is the tent of the dwelling-places of the wicked?
Psalms 37:35I have seen the wicked terrible in power, and striking root like a green tree in its native soil.
Psalms 107:43Whoever is wise, let him observe these things, and let [all] understand the kindness of the Lord.
Proverbs 13:6Righteousness keepeth [him that is] upright on his way; but wickedness perverteth the [man of] sin.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 21:12
11 When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge. This we had before ( ch. xix. 25 ), and it shows that there are two ways by which the simple may be made wise:—1. By the punishments that are inflicted on those that are incorrigibly wicked. Let the law be executed upon a scorner, and even he that is simple will be awakened and alarmed by it, and will discern, more than he did, the evil of sin, and will take warning by it and take heed. 2. By the… Read the whole commentary →