Proverbs 21:12
The tzaddik (righteous one) wisely considereth the bais of the rashah, 1 and hurleth the resha'im to rah. 1
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Genesis 19:29And it came to pass, when Elohim destroyed the cities of the plain, that zikron Avraham came to Elohim, and He sent Lot out of the midst of the hafekhah (upheaval, destruction, overthrow), when He overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.
Job 8:15He shall lean upon his bais, 1 but it shall not stand, 1 he shall cling to it, 1 but it shall not hold. 1
Job 21:28For ye say, Where is the bais of the tyrant? 1 And where are the ohel mishkenot of the resha'im? 1
Psalms 37:35I have seen the violently powerful rashah, 1 spreading himself like an indigenous green tree. 1
Psalms 107:43Whosoever is chacham, and will be shomer over these things, 1 even they shall understand the chasdei Hashem (lovingkindnesses of Hashem).
Proverbs 13:6Tzedakah is guard over him whose derech is blameless, 1 but wickedness overthroweth the chattat (sinner). 1
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 →