Proverbs 15:25
Yahweh tears down the houses of proud people, but he protects the property of widows.
Translation for Translators
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
Cross References
Deuteronomy 10:17Yahweh our God is greater than all gods, and he is greater than all rulers. He is very powerful [DOU] and awesome. He ◄is impartial/does not do things that favor one ◄group/person► more than others►, and he does not accept bribes.
Job 24:21They mistreat women who have been unable to give birth to children and women who no longer have children to take care of them, and they never do good things for widows.
Psalms 10:14But you see the trouble and the distress that they cause. People who are suffering expect that you will help them; and you help orphans, also.
Psalms 52:5But God will get rid of you forever; he will grab you and drag you from your home and take you away from this world where people are alive. (Think about that!)
Psalms 138:6Yahweh, you are supreme, but you take care of people who are considered to be unimportant. And you know what proud people are doing, even though they are far away from you and think that you do not see them.
Proverbs 12:7Wicked people will die before they become old and we will see them no more, but righteous people will live for many years and have many descendants.
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 →