Proverbs 10:25
The wicked are like the storm that passes by, and they are no more, 1 but the righteous person is a foundation that lasts forever. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
In Context
26Like vinegar on the teeth and smoke in the eyes, 1 so is the sluggard to those who send him. 1
Cross References
Job 17:9The righteous man will keep to his way; 1 he who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger. 1
Job 21:18How often is it that they become like stubble before the wind 1 or like chaff that the storm carries away? 1
Psalms 15:5He does not charge interest when he lends money. 1 He does not take bribes to testify against the innocent. 1 He who does these things will never be shaken.
Psalms 58:9Before your pots can feel the thorn's burning heat, 1 he will take them away with a whirlwind, the green thorns and the burning thorns alike. 1
Psalms 73:18Surely you put them in slippery places; 1 you bring them down to ruin. 1
Proverbs 1:27when your fearful dread comes like a storm 1 and disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind, 1 when distress and anguish come upon you. 1
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 →