Proverbs 15:25
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The Lord will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.The LORD tears down the house of the proud, but He protects the boundaries of the widow.
In other translations
The Lord will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.The LORD tears down the house of the proud, but He protects the boundaries of the widow.
Hebrew words
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Psalm 146:9The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.
- Psalm 68:5-65 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation. 6 God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.5 A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in His holy habitation. 6 God settles the lonely in families; He leads the prisoners out to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.
- Deuteronomy 10:17-1817 For the Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward: 18 He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.17 For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awesome God, showing no partiality and accepting no bribe. 18 He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.
- Proverbs 23:10Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
- Proverbs 12:7The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.The wicked are overthrown and perish, but the house of the righteous will stand.
- Proverbs 14:11The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.
- Isaiah 2:12For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted— it will be humbled—
- Daniel 5:20But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:But when his heart became arrogant and his spirit was hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne, and his glory was taken from him.
- James 1:27Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
- Job 40:11-1311 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him. 12 Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place. 13 Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.11 Unleash the fury of your wrath; look on every proud man and bring him low. 12 Look on every proud man and humble him; trample the wicked where they stand. 13 Bury them together in the dust; imprison them in the grave.
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