Proverbs 15:25

Proverbs 15:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The Lord will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.
• New International Version (NIV)The Lord tears down the house of the proud, but he sets the widow’s boundary stones in place.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The Lord tears down the house of the proud but maintains the widow's boundaries.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The Lord will destroy the house of the proud, But He will establish the boundary of the widow.

Context of Proverbs 15:25

23A man has joy in an apt answer, And how delightful is a timely word! 24The path of life leads upward for the wise That he may keep away from Sheol below. The Lord will tear down the house of the proud, But He will establish the boundary of the widow. 26Evil plans are an abomination to the Lord, But pleasant words are pure. 27He who profits illicitly troubles his own house, But he who hates bribes will live.

Proverbs 15:25 word by word

בֵּ֣ית גֵּ֭אִים יִסַּ֥ח׀ יְהוָ֑ה וְ֝יַצֵּ֗ב גְּב֣וּל אַלְמָנָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• The Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• tearנָסַחnâsach · to pullH5255
• the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• of the proudגֵּאֶהge'eh · proudH1343
• establishנָצַבnâtsab · to standH5324
• the boundaryגְּבוּלgebûl gebûl · border: boundaryH1366
• widowאַלְמָנָה'almânâh · widowH490

Cross-references for Proverbs 15:25

• Proverbs 12:7The wicked are overthrown and are no more, But the house of the righteous will stand.
• Proverbs 14:11The house of the wicked will be destroyed, But the tent of the upright will flourish.
• Job 40:11Pour out the overflowings of your anger, And look on everyone who is proud, and make him low.
• Psalms 52:1Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man? The lovingkindness of God endures all day long.
• Psalms 138:6For though the Lord is exalted, Yet He regards the lowly, But the haughty He knows from afar.
• Isaiah 2:12For the Lord of hosts will have a day of reckoning Against everyone who is proud and lofty And against everyone who is lifted up, That he may be abased.
• Daniel 5:20But when his heart was lifted up and his spirit became so proud that he behaved arrogantly, he was deposed from his royal throne and his glory was taken away from him.
• 1 Peter 5:5You younger men, likewise, be subject to your elders; and all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, for God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.
• Deuteronomy 10:17For the Lord your God is the God of gods and the Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God who does not show partiality nor take a bribe.
• Psalms 68:5A father of the fatherless and a judge for the widows, Is God in His holy habitation.
• Psalms 146:9The Lord protects the strangers; He supports the fatherless and the widow, But He thwarts the way of the wicked.
• James 1:27Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

Commentaries on Proverbs 15:25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25The house of the proud - Families of this description are seldom continued long. The Lord hates pride; and those that will not be humble he will destroy.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25The widow - Here, as elsewhere Deuteronomy 10:18; Psalm 68:5, the widow, as the most extreme type of desolation, stands as the representative of a class safer in their poverty under the protection of the Lord, than the proud in the haughtiness of their strength.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 25Verse 25 Pride is the ruin of multitudes. But those who are in affliction God will support.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25Proud people believe they can take care of themselves. Widows in the ancient Near East were the opposite—very vulnerable and without support or protection.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2525. The most desolate who have God's aid have more permanent good than the self-reliant sinner (Pr 2:22; 12:7). border--or, "boundary for possessions" (Psa 78:54).Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 15:25

• Pride
• Widow

In the dictionaries

• Abomination
• Cheerful
• Continual
• Countenance
• Disappoint
• Disperse
• Feast
• Grievous
• Humility
• Poetry

Commentaries on Proverbs 15

• 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