Proverbs 10:25
When storms come, the wicked will ◄be blown away/never be safe►, but righteous people will be safe forever.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
In Context
Cross References
Job 17:9Those who claim that they are righteous will continue to do what they think is right, and those who say they have not sinned will continue to become stronger.
Job 21:18He does not blow them away like wind blows away straw; they are never carried off by a whirlwind.
Psalms 15:5They lend money to others without charging interest, and they never accept bribes in order to lie about people who have not done what is wrong. Those who do those things will never stop trusting God even if disastrous things happen to them.
Psalms 58:9Get rid of them as fast as thornbushes are blown away after they are cut (OR, as fast as a fire heats a pot over burning thorns).
Psalms 73:18Now I know that you will surely put them in slippery places, and they will fall down and die.
Proverbs 1:27When calamities strike you like a big storm, when disasters hit you like a violent wind, when all kinds of things distress you and give you trouble, I will ridicule you!
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 →