Proverbs 15:25
The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.
Webster Bible
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, who regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:
Job 24:21He oppresseth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
Psalms 10:14Thou hast seen it ; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself to thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
Psalms 52:5God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling-place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
Psalms 138:6Though the LORD is high, yet hath he respect to the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar 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 →