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Proverbs 10:25
25When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more, But the righteous has an everlasting foundation.
Proverbs 10:25 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
- New International Version (NIV)When the storm has swept by, the wicked are gone, but the righteous stand firm forever.
- English Standard Version (ESV)When the tempest passes, the wicked is no more, but the righteous is established forever.
- New King James Version (NKJV)When the whirlwind passes by, the wicked is no more, But the righteous has an everlasting foundation.
Context of Proverbs 10:25
23Engaging in evil is like sport to the fool [who refuses wisdom and chases sin], But to a man of understanding [skillful and godly] wisdom brings joy. 24What the wicked fears will come upon him, But the desire of the righteous [for the blessings of God] will be granted. When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more, But the righteous has an everlasting foundation. 26Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, So is the lazy one to those who send him to work. 27The [reverent] fear of the Lord [worshiping, obeying, serving, and trusting Him with awe-filled respect] prolongs one’s life, But the years of the wicked will be shortened.
Read all of Proverbs 10Proverbs 10:25 word by word
כַּעֲב֣וֹר ס֭וּפָה וְאֵ֣ין רָשָׁ֑ע וְ֝צַדִּ֗יק יְס֣וֹד עוֹלָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 10:25
- Proverbs 1:27When your dread and panic come like a storm, And your disaster comes like a whirlwind, When anxiety and distress come upon you [as retribution].
- Job 27:19He lies down rich, but never will again; He opens his eyes, and it is gone.
- Psalms 37:9For those who do evil will be cut off, But those who wait for the Lord, they will inherit the land.
- Psalms 58:9Before your cooking pots can feel the fire of thorns [burning under them as fuel], He will sweep them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning ones alike.
- Psalms 73:18Surely You set the wicked-minded and immoral on slippery places; You cast them down to destruction.
- Isaiah 40:24Scarcely have they been planted, Scarcely have they been sown, Scarcely has their stock taken root in the earth, But He merely blows on them, and they wither, And a strong wind carries them away like stubble.
- Proverbs 10:30The [consistently] righteous will never be shaken, But the wicked will not inhabit the earth.
- Psalms 15:5He does not put out his money at interest [to a fellow Israelite], And does not take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.
- Matthew 7:24“So everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, will be like a wise man [a far-sighted, practical, and sensible man] who built his house on the rock.
- Matthew 16:18And I say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades (death) will not overpower it [by preventing the resurrection of the Christ].
- Ephesians 2:20having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the [chief] Cornerstone,
- 1 Timothy 6:19In this way storing up for themselves the enduring riches of a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life.
- 2 Timothy 2:19Nevertheless, the firm foundation of God [which He has laid] stands [sure and unshaken despite attacks], bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Let everyone who names the name of the Lord stand apart from wickedness and withdraw from wrongdoing.”
Commentaries on Proverbs 10:25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25As the whirlwind passeth - As tornadoes that sweep every thing away before them; so shall the wrath of God sweep away the wicked; it shall leave him neither branch nor root. But the righteous, being built on the eternal foundation, עולם יסוד yesod olam, shall never be shaken.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25Or, when the whirlwind is passing, then the wicked is no more. Compare Matthew 7:24-27. The righteous - In the later rabbinic interpretation this was applied to the Messiah as being the Just One, the Everlasting Foundation, on whom the world was established.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 25Verse 25 The course of prosperous sinners is like a whirlwind, which soon spends itself, and is gone.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25The wicked may enjoy life's material blessings, but only for a short time, unlike the godly. Jesus also explained this truth (Matthew 7:24–27).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2525. (Compare Psa 1:4; 37:9, 10, 36). righteous ... foundation--well laid and firm (Mt 7:24, 25).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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