Proverbs 12:7
Overthrow the wicked, and they are not, || And the house of the righteous stands.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
In Context
8A man is praised according to his wisdom, || And the perverted of heart becomes despised.
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:26And Your Name is great for all time, saying, YHWH of Hosts [is] God over Israel, and the house of Your servant David is established before You,
Esther 9:14And the king commands [for it] to be done so; and a law is given in Shushan, and they have hanged the ten sons of Haman.
Job 11:20And the eyes of the wicked are consumed, || And refuge has perished from them, || And their hope [is] a breathing out of soul!”
Job 27:18He has built his house as a moth, || And as a shelter a watchman has made.
Psalms 37:10And yet a little [while], and the wicked is not, || And you have considered his place, and it is not.
Psalms 37:36And he passes away, and behold, he is not, || And I seek him, and he is not 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 →