Proverbs 12:7
When the ungodly is overthrown, he vanishes away; but the houses of the just remain.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
In Context
6The words of ungodly men are crafty; but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:26Let your name be magnified for ever. + 7:26 Heb. and Alex. add, 'and let the house of your servant David be established before you.'
Esther 9:14And he permitted it to be so done; and he gave up to the Jews of the city the bodies of the sons of Aman to hang.
Job 11:20But safety shall fail them; for their hope is destruction, and the eyes of the ungodly shall waste away.
Job 27:18And his house is gone like moths, and like a spider's web.
Psalms 37:10My heart is troubled, my strength has failed me; and the light of my eyes is not with me. 1
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 →