Proverbs 21:12
God, the one who is completely righteous, knows what happens inside the houses of wicked people, and he will cause those people to be completely ruined/destroyed.
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Genesis 19:29So, when God destroyed those cities in the valley, he remembered what he had promised Abraham, and he rescued Lot from the disaster that occurred in the cities where Lot had lived.
Job 8:15If they lean against a house (OR, trust in their wealth; OR, lean on a spider web), it does not ◄endure/protect them► [LIT]; they cling to things to be protected, but those things do not remain firm.
Job 21:28You say, ‘What happened to the tents in which wicked people were living? The houses of evil rulers have been destroyed!’
Psalms 37:35I have seen that wicked people who ◄act like tyrants/terrify people► sometimes prosper, like trees that grow well in fertile soil,
Psalms 107:43Those who are wise should think carefully about those things; they should consider all the things that Yahweh has done to show that he faithfully loves them.
Proverbs 13:6The behavior [PRS] of those who always do what is right will protect them, but sinful behavior will ruin wicked people.
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 →