Proverbs 21:12
The Righteous One observeth the house of the lawless,—He is ready to cast down lawless men into misfortune.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
13He that shutteth his ear from the cry of the poor, even he, shall call, and not be answered.
Cross References
Genesis 19:29And it came to pass when God destroyed the cities of the circuit, that God remembered Abraham, and sent forth Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities wherein Lot had dwelt.
Job 8:15He leaneth upon his house, and it will not stand, he holdeth it fast, and it will not remain erect.
Job 21:28For ye say, Where is the house of the noble-minded? And where the dwelling-tent of the lawless?
Psalms 37:35I have seen a lawless man, a tyrant, and spreading himself out, like a cedar in Lebanon;
Psalms 107:43Who is wise? then let him observe these things! and diligently consider the lovingkindness of Yahweh.
Proverbs 13:6Righteousness, guardeth the man of blameless way, but, lawlessness, overthroweth the sinner.
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 →