Proverbs 15:25
YHWH pulls down the house of the proud, || And He sets up the border of the widow.
Literal Standard Version
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
24A path of life [is] on high for the wise, || To turn aside from Sheol beneath.
26Thoughts of wickedness [are] an abomination to YHWH, || And sayings of pleasantness [are] pure.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 10:17For He, your God YHWH, [is] God of the gods and Lord of the lords—the great, the mighty, and the fearful God, who does not accept by appearances, nor takes a bribe;
Job 24:21Treating evil the barren [who] does not bear, || And he does no good [to] the widow,
Psalms 10:14You have seen, || For You behold perverseness and anger; By giving into Your hand, || The afflicted leave [it] on You, || You have been a helper of the fatherless.
Psalms 52:5Also—God breaks you down forever, || Takes you, and pulls you out of the tent, || And He has uprooted you || Out of the land of the living. Selah.
Psalms 138:6For YHWH [is] high, and He sees the lowly, || And He knows the haughty from afar.
Proverbs 12:7Overthrow the wicked, and they are not, || And the house of the righteous stands.
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 →