Proverbs 10:25

As the whirlwind passeth, so is the rashah no more, 1 but the tzaddik is a yesod olam (an everlasting foundation). 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.

In Context

24What the rashah dreads, it shall come upon him, 1 but the ta'avat tzaddikim shall be granted. 1

26As chometz to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, 1 so is the atzel (sluggard, lazy one) to them that send him. 1

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Cross References

Job 17:9The tzaddik also shall hold to his derech, 1 and he whose yadayim are tahor shall grow stronger and stronger. 1

Job 21:18They are as straw before the ruach, 1 and as chaff that the storm carrieth away. 1

Psalms 15:5He that putteth not out his kesef to neshekh (usury), 1 nor taketh bribes against the naki (innocent). 1 He that doeth these things shall never be shaken.

Psalms 58:9As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away; 1 like the stillborn child of an isha, that they may not see the shemesh. 1

Psalms 73:18Surely Thou didst set them in slippery places; 1 Thou castedst them down into mashu'ot (ruins, destruction). 1

Proverbs 1:27When your pachad (terror) cometh like a storm, 1 and your calamity cometh like a whirlwind; 1 when tzarah (distress) and oppression cometh upon you. 1

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:25-26

24 The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted. 25 As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation. It is here said, and said again, to the righteous, that it shall be well with them, and to the wicked, Woe to them; and these are set the one over against the other, for their mutual illustration. I. It shall be as ill with the wicked as they can fear, and as well with the righteous as they can desire. 1. The… Read the whole commentary →

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