Proverbs 15:25
The LORD will root up the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.
In Context
24To the wise the way of life goeth upward, that he may depart from Sheol beneath.
26Evil devices are an abomination to the LORD: but pleasant words are pure.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 10:17For the LORD your God, he is God of gods, and Lord of lords, the great God, the mighty, and the terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward.
Job 24:21He devoureth the barren that beareth not; and doeth not good to the widow.
Psalms 10:14Thon hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to take it into thy hand: the helpless committeth himself unto thee; thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.
Psalms 52:5God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee up, and pluck thee out of thy tent, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah
Psalms 138:6For though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the haughty he knoweth from afar.
Proverbs 12:7The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 15:25
24 The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath. The way of wisdom and holiness is here recommended to us, 1. As very safe and comfortable: It is the way of life, the way that leads to eternal life, in which we shall find the joy and satisfaction which will be the life of the soul, and at the end of which we shall find the perfection of blessedness. Be wise and live. It is the way to escape that misery which we cannot but see ourselves exposed to, and in danger of. It is to depart… Read the whole commentary →