Proverbs 15:25

Adonai will uproot the house of the proud, 2 but he will keep the widow’s borders intact. 1

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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

24The path of life leads upward for the wise, 2 to keep him from going downward to Sheol ·Place of the dead·. 1

26Adonai detests the thoughts of the wicked, 2 but the thoughts of the pure are pleasing. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 10:17For Adonai your God, he is Elohei of the elohim ·God of the deities·, and the 'Adonei of the adoneim ·the Lord of the lords·, the great God, the mighty, and the awesome, who does not respect persons, + 10:17. Quoted in Eph 6:9 nor takes reward.

Psalms 10:14ר But you do see trouble and grief. 2 You consider it to take it into your hand. 2 You help the victim and the fatherless. 1

Psalms 52:5God will likewise destroy you forever. 2 He will take you up, and pluck you out of your tent, 2 and root you out of the land of the living. Selah ·contemplation with musical interlude·. 1

Psalms 138:6For though Adonai is high, yet he looks after the lowly; 2 but the proud, he knows from afar. 1

Proverbs 12:7The wicked are overthrown, and are no more, 2 but the house of the upright shall stand. 1

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 →

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