Proverbs 12:7
Overthrown are the lawless and they are not, but, the house of the righteous, shall stand.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
In Context
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:26that thy name may be age-abidingly magnified, saying, Yahweh of hosts, is God over Israel, and so, the house of thy servant David, be established before thee.
Esther 9:14And the king commanded it to be done so, and there was given an edict, in Shusan,—and, the ten sons of Haman, they hanged.
Job 11:20But, the eyes of the lawless, shall fail,—and, place of refuge, shall have vanished from them, and, their hope, be a breathing out of life.
Job 27:18He hath built, like a moth, his house,—like a hut, which a watcher hath made.
Psalms 37:10Yet a little, therefore, and the lawless one shall not be, Yea thou shalt look about, over his place—and he shall have vanished!
Psalms 37:36Then I passed by, and lo! he had vanished! Yea I sought him, but he could not be found.
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 →