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Proverbs 10:25
25When the storm has swept by, the wicked are gone, but the righteous stand firm forever.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)When the storms of life come, the wicked are whirled away, but the godly have a lasting foundation.
Context of Proverbs 10:25
23A fool finds pleasure in wicked schemes, but a person of understanding delights in wisdom. 24What the wicked dread will overtake them; what the righteous desire will be granted. When the storm has swept by, the wicked are gone, but the righteous stand firm forever. 26As vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so are sluggards to those who send them. 27The fear of the Lord adds length to life, but the years of the wicked are cut short.
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כַּעֲב֣וֹר ס֭וּפָה וְאֵ֣ין רָשָׁ֑ע וְ֝צַדִּ֗יק יְס֣וֹד עוֹלָֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 10:25
- Proverbs 1:27when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind, when distress and trouble overwhelm you.
- Job 27:19He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.
- Psalms 37:9For those who are evil will be destroyed, but those who hope in the Lord will inherit the land.
- Psalms 58:9Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns— whether they be green or dry—the wicked will be swept away.
- Psalms 73:18Surely you place them on slippery ground; you cast them down to ruin.
- Isaiah 40:24No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner do they take root in the ground, than he blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like chaff.
- Proverbs 10:30The righteous will never be uprooted, but the wicked will not remain in the land.
- Psalms 15:5who lends money to the poor without interest; who does not accept a bribe against the innocent. Whoever does these things will never be shaken.
- Matthew 7:24“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
- Matthew 16:18And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.
- Ephesians 2:20built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone.
- 1 Timothy 6:19In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of the life that is truly life.
- 2 Timothy 2:19Nevertheless, God’s solid foundation stands firm, sealed with this inscription: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from wickedness.”
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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