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Proverbs 12:7
7The wicked are overthrown and are no more, but the house of the righteous stands firm.
Proverbs 12:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The wicked are overthrown and are no more, but the house of the righteous will stand.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The wicked are overthrown and are no more, But the house of the righteous will stand.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The wicked die and disappear, but the family of the godly stands firm.
Context of Proverbs 12:7
5The plans of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful. 6The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them. The wicked are overthrown and are no more, but the house of the righteous stands firm. 8A person is praised according to their prudence, and one with a warped mind is despised. 9Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant than pretend to be somebody and have no food.
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הָפ֣וֹךְ רְשָׁעִ֣ים וְאֵינָ֑ם וּבֵ֖ית צַדִּיקִ֣ים יַעֲמֹֽד׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 12:7
- Proverbs 11:21Be sure of this: The wicked will not go unpunished, but those who are righteous will go free.
- Proverbs 14:11The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.
- Proverbs 15:25The Lord tears down the house of the proud, but he sets the widow’s boundary stones in place.
- Esther 9:6In the citadel of Susa, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men.
- Job 5:3I myself have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
- Job 11:20But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; their hope will become a dying gasp.”
- Job 18:15Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur is scattered over his dwelling.
- Job 27:18The house he builds is like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut made by a watchman.
- Psalms 37:10A little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found.
- Psalms 73:18Surely you place them on slippery ground; you cast them down to ruin.
- Proverbs 14:1The wise woman builds her house, but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down.
- Proverbs 24:3By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established;
- 2 Samuel 7:16Your house and your kingdom will endure forever before me; your throne will be established forever.’ ”
- 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.
Commentaries on Proverbs 12:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7The wicked are overthrown - Seldom does God give such a long life or numerous offspring. But the house of the righteous shall stand - God blesses their progeny, and their families continue long in the earth; whereas the wicked seldom have many generations in a direct line. This is God's mercy, that the entail of iniquity may be in some sort cut off, so that the same vices may not be strengthened by successive generations. For generally the bad root…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7Verse 7 God's blessing is often continued to the families of godly men, while the wicked are overthrown.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7The wicked may succeed for a short time, but they do not endure. The family of the righteous remains strong for generations.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. Such conduct brings a proper return, by the destruction of the wicked and well-being of the righteous and his family.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 12
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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