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Proverbs 10:25
25When the storm has passed, the wicked person has vanished, but the righteous person 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
23Like the laughter of a fool when he carries out an evil plan, so is wisdom to a person who has understanding. 24That which wicked people dread happens to them, but ⌞the Lord⌟ grants the desire of righteous people. When the storm has passed, the wicked person has vanished, but the righteous person has an everlasting foundation. 26Like vinegar to the teeth, like smoke to the eyes, so is the lazy person to those who send him ⌞on a mission⌟. 27The fear of the Lord lengthens ⌞the number of⌟ days, but the years of wicked people are 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 panic strikes you like a violent storm, when calamity strikes you like a wind storm, when trouble and anguish come to you.
- Job 27:19He may go to bed rich, but he’ll never be rich again. When he opens his eyes, nothing will be left.
- Psalms 37:9Evildoers will be cut off ⌞from their inheritance⌟, but those who wait with hope for the Lord will inherit the land.
- Psalms 58:9Let ⌞God⌟ sweep them away faster than a cooking pot is heated by burning twigs.
- Psalms 73:18You put them in slippery places and make them fall into ruin.
- Isaiah 40:24They have hardly been planted. They have hardly been sown. They have hardly taken root in the ground. Then he blows on them and they wither, and a windstorm sweeps them away like straw.
- Proverbs 10:30A righteous person will never be moved, but wicked people will not continue to live in the land.
- Psalms 15:5The one who does not collect interest on a loan or take a bribe against an innocent person. Whoever does these things will never be shaken.
- Matthew 7:24“Therefore, everyone who hears what I say and obeys it will be like a wise person who built a house on rock.
- Matthew 16:18You are Peter, and I can guarantee that on this rock I will build my church. And the gates of hell will not overpower it.
- Ephesians 2:20You are built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets. Christ Jesus himself is the cornerstone.
- 1 Timothy 6:19By doing this they store up a treasure for themselves which is a good foundation for the future. In this way they take hold of what life really is.
- 2 Timothy 2:19In spite of all that, God’s ⌞people⌟ have a solid foundation. These words are engraved on it: “The Lord knows those who belong to him,” and “Whoever worships the Lord must give up doing wrong.”
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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