Proverbs 10:25
When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more; but the righteous stand firm forever.
World English Bible British
In The King James Version
As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
In Context
24What the wicked fear will overtake them, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.
26As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.
Cross References
Job 17:9Yet the righteous will hold to his way. He who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.
Job 21:18How often is it that they are as stubble before the wind, as chaff that the storm carries away?
Psalms 15:5he who doesn’t lend out his money for usury, nor take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be shaken.
Psalms 58:9Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns, he will sweep away the green and the burning alike.
Psalms 73:18Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction.
Proverbs 1:27when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when your disaster comes on like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come on 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 →