Proverbs 12:7
Wicked people are overthrown and they are gone, 1 but the house of the righteous person will stand. 1
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The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
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2 Samuel 7:26May your name be forever great, so the people will say, 'Yahweh of hosts is the God of Israel,' while the house of me, David, your servant is established before you.
Esther 9:14So the king commanded that this be done. A decree was issued in Susa, and they hanged the ten sons of Haman.
Job 11:20But the eyes of wicked people will fail; 1 they will have no way to flee; 1 their only hope will be a last gasp of life.”
Job 27:18He builds his house like a spider, 1 like a hut that a guard makes. 1
Psalms 37:10In a little while the evil man will disappear; 1 you will look at his place, but he will be gone. 1
Psalms 37:36But when I passed by again, he was not there. 1 I looked for him, but he could not be found. 1
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 12:7
6 The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them. In the foregoing verse the thoughts of the wicked and righteous were compared; here their words, and those are as the abundance of the heart is. 1. Wicked people speak mischief to their neighbours; and wicked indeed those are whose words are to lie in wait for blood; their tongues are swords to those that stand in their way, to good men whom they hate and persecute. See an instance, Luke xx. 20, 21 . 2. Good… Read the whole commentary →