Proverbs 12:7
Overthrow the wicked, and they are not, And the house of the righteous standeth.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
In Context
6The words of the wicked [are]: 'Lay wait for blood,' And the mouth of the upright delivereth them.
8According to his wisdom is a man praised, And the perverted of heart becometh despised.
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:26And Thy Name is great unto the age, saying, Jehovah of Hosts [is] God over Israel, and the house of Thy servant David is established before Thee,
Esther 9:14And the king saith — 'to be done so;' and a law is given in Shushan, and the ten sons of Haman they have hanged.
Job 11:20And the eyes of the wicked are consumed, And refuge hath perished from them, And their hope [is] a breathing out of soul!
Job 27:18He hath built as a moth his house, And as a booth a watchman hath made.
Psalms 37:10And yet a little, and the wicked is not, And thou hast considered his place, and it is not.
Psalms 37:36And he passeth away, and lo, he is not, And I seek him, and he is not 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 →