Proverbs 15:25
The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.
Updated King James Version
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
24The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 10:17For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regards not persons, nor takes reward:
Job 24:21He evil entreats the barren that bears not: and does not good to the widow.
Psalms 10:14You have seen it; for you behold mischief and spite, to requite it with your hand: the poor commits himself unto you; you are the helper of the fatherless.
Psalms 52:5God shall likewise destroy you for ever, he shall take you away, and pluck you out of your dwelling place, and root you out of the land of the living. Selah.
Psalms 138:6Though the LORD be high, yet has he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knows far off.
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 →