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Proverbs 21:12

The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked and brings the wicked to ruin.

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ASV

The righteous man considereth the house of the wicked, How the wicked are overthrown to their ruin.

KJV

The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.

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Original language & word study

7 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
מַשְׂכִּ֣ילmas.Kil[is] giving attentionH7919 →
צַ֭דִּיקTza.dik[the] righteous [one]H6662 →
לְבֵ֣יתle.Veitto [the] house ofH1004 →
רָשָׁ֑עra.Sha'a wicked [person]H7563 →
מְסַלֵּ֖ףme.sa.Lef[he is] subvertingH5557 →
רְשָׁעִ֣יםre.sha.'Imwicked [people]H7563 →
לָרָֽע׃la.Ra'to <the> calamityH7451 →

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Psalms 37:35–36I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,Proverbs 14:11The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.Psalms 107:43Let him who is wise pay heed to these things and consider the loving devotion of the LORD.2 Peter 3:6–7through which the world of that time perished in the flood.Proverbs 3:33The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous.Proverbs 11:3–5The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the faithless destroys them.Hosea 14:9Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them but the rebellious stumble in them.1 Corinthians 10:5Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness.Job 8:15He leans on his web, but it gives way; he holds fast, but it does not endure.2 Peter 2:4–9For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;Job 5:3I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.Amos 4:11“Some of you I overthrew as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a firebrand snatched from a blaze, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.Psalms 52:5Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. SelahProverbs 14:32The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.Genesis 19:29So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, He remembered Abraham, and He brought Lot out of the catastrophe that destroyed the cities where he had lived.Proverbs 13:6Righteousness guards the man of integrity, but wickedness undermines the sinner.Job 18:14–21He is torn from the shelter of his tent and is marched off to the king of terrors.Habakkuk 2:9–12Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster!

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King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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