New King James Version
Proverbs 15:25
25The Lord will destroy the house of the proud, But He will establish the boundary of the widow.
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 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 man has joy by the answer of his mouth, And a word spoken in due season, how good it is! 24The way of life winds upward for the wise, That he may turn away from hell below. The Lord will destroy the house of the proud, But He will establish the boundary of the widow. 26The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord, But the words of the pure are pleasant. 27He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, But he 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
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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 overthrown, But the tent of the upright will flourish.
- Job 40:11Disperse the rage of your wrath; Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him.
- Psalms 52:1Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man? The goodness of God endures continually.
- Psalms 138:6Though the Lord is on high, Yet He regards the lowly; But the proud He knows from afar.
- Isaiah 2:12For the day of the Lord of hosts Shall come upon everything proud and lofty, Upon everything lifted up— And it shall be brought low—
- Daniel 5:20But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him.
- 1 Peter 5:5Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for “God resists the proud, But gives grace 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 nor takes a bribe.
- Psalms 68:5A father of the fatherless, a defender of widows, Is God in His holy habitation.
- Psalms 146:9The Lord watches over the strangers; He relieves the fatherless and widow; But the way of the wicked He turns upside down.
- James 1:27Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from 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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