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Proverbs 15:25
25The Lord tears down the house of the proud, but he sets the widow’s boundary stones in place.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The Lord tears down the house of the proud, but he protects the property of widows.
Context of Proverbs 15:25
23A person finds joy in giving an apt reply— and how good is a timely word! 24The path of life leads upward for the prudent to keep them from going down to the realm of the dead. The Lord tears down the house of the proud, but he sets the widow’s boundary stones in place. 26The Lord detests the thoughts of the wicked, but gracious words are pure in his sight. 27The greedy bring ruin to their households, but the one who hates bribes will live.
Read all of Proverbs 15Proverbs 15:25 word by word
בֵּ֣ית גֵּ֭אִים יִסַּ֥ח׀ יְהוָ֑ה וְ֝יַצֵּ֗ב גְּב֣וּל אַלְמָנָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 15:25
- Proverbs 12:7The wicked are overthrown and are no more, but the house of the righteous stands firm.
- Proverbs 14:11The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.
- Job 40:11Unleash the fury of your wrath, look at all who are proud and bring them low,
- Psalms 52:1Why do you boast of evil, you mighty hero? Why do you boast all day long, you who are a disgrace in the eyes of God?
- Psalms 138:6Though the Lord is exalted, he looks kindly on the lowly; though lofty, he sees them from afar.
- Isaiah 2:12The Lord Almighty has a day in store for all the proud and lofty, for all that is exalted (and they will be humbled),
- Daniel 5:20But when his heart became arrogant and hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne and stripped of his glory.
- 1 Peter 5:5In the same way, you who are younger, submit yourselves to your elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.”
- Deuteronomy 10:17For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality and accepts no bribes.
- Psalms 68:5A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling.
- Psalms 146:9The Lord watches over the foreigner and sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.
- James 1:27Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted 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
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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
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