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Proverbs 15:25
25Adonai tears down a proud man’s house, but He maintains the widow’s boundary.
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 person has joy in an appropriate answer— how good is a timely word. 24The path of life leads upward for the wise to keep him from going down to Sheol. Adonai tears down a proud man’s house, but He maintains the widow’s boundary. 26Evil thoughts are an abomination to Adonai, but pleasant words are pure. 27One greedy for gain troubles his household, but whoever 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 household of the righteous will stand.
- Proverbs 14:11The house of the wicked will be demolished, but the tent of the upright will flourish.
- Job 40:11Scatter the fury of your anger. Look at every proud person and bring him low;
- Psalms 52:1For the music director: a contemplative song of David,
- Psalms 138:6For though Adonai is exalted, yet He looks upon the lowly, but the haughty He knows from afar.
- Isaiah 2:12For the day of Adonai-Tzva’ot will be against anyone proud and haughty, against anyone lifted up—he will be humbled,
- Daniel 5:20But when his heart became haughty and his spirit hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne and stripped of his glory.
- 1 Peter 5:5Likewise, you younger ones, submit yourselves to the elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
- Deuteronomy 10:17For Adonai your God is God of gods and Lord of lords —the great, mighty and awesome God, who does not show partiality or take a bribe.
- Psalms 68:5Sing to God, sing praises to His Name. Prepare the road for Him who rides through the deserts, whose Name is Adonai— and rejoice before Him.
- Psalms 146:9Adonai protects outsiders, upholds the fatherless and the widow, but thwarts the way of the wicked.
- James 1:27Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for 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
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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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