Proverbs 21:12

מַשְׂכִּיל צַדִּיק לְבֵית רָשָׁע מְסַלֵּף רְשָׁעִים לָרָֽע ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.

In Context

11בַּעְנָשׁ ־ לֵץ יֶחְכַּם ־ פֶּתִי וּבְהַשְׂכִּיל לְחָכָם יִקַּח ־ דָּֽעַת ׃

13אֹטֵם אָזְנוֹ מִזַּעֲקַת ־ דָּל גַּֽם ־ הוּא יִקְרָא וְלֹא יֵעָנֶֽה ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 19:29וַיְהִי בְּשַׁחֵת אֱלֹהִים אֶת ־ עָרֵי הַכִּכָּר וַיִּזְכֹּר אֱלֹהִים אֶת ־ אַבְרָהָם וַיְשַׁלַּח אֶת ־ לוֹט מִתּוֹךְ הַהֲפֵכָה בַּהֲפֹךְ אֶת ־ הֶעָרִים אֲשֶׁר ־ יָשַׁב בָּהֵן לֽוֹט ׃

Job 8:15יִשָּׁעֵן עַל ־ בֵּיתוֹ וְלֹא יַעֲמֹד יַחֲזִיק בּוֹ וְלֹא יָקֽוּם ׃

Job 21:28כִּי תֹֽאמְרוּ אַיֵּה בֵית ־ נָדִיב וְאַיֵּה אֹהֶל ׀ מִשְׁכְּנוֹת רְשָׁעִֽים ׃

Psalms 37:35רָאִיתִי רָשָׁע עָרִיץ וּמִתְעָרֶה כְּאֶזְרָח רַעֲנָֽן ׃

Psalms 107:43מִי ־ חָכָם וְיִשְׁמָר ־ אֵלֶּה וְיִתְבּֽוֹנְנוּ חַֽסְדֵי יְהוָֽה ׃

Proverbs 13:6צְדָקָה תִּצֹּר תָּם ־ דָּרֶךְ וְרִשְׁעָה תְּסַלֵּף חַטָּֽאת ׃

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 →

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