Proverbs 12:7
5 The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
6 The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
8 A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
9 He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
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Compare
- BSB
- The wicked are overthrown and perish, but the house of the righteous will stand.
- KJV
- The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
- WEB
- The wicked are overthrown, and are no more, but the house of the righteous shall stand.
- ASV
- The wicked are overthrown, and are not; But the house of the righteous shall stand.
- DARBY
- Overthrow the wicked, and they are no [more]; but the house of the righteous shall stand.
- BLB
- Wicked ones are overthrown, and they are no more, and the house of the righteous ones shall stand.
- ÅB
- De ugudelige kastes over ende, og så er de ikke mere; men de rettferdiges hus står fast.
- OTB
- De ugudelige blir styrtet og forsvinner, men de rettferdiges hus står fast.
- B1930
- De ugudelige kastes over ende, og så er de ikke mere; men de rettferdiges hus står fast.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 7:24–27
Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
Read in contextProverbs 10:25
As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
Read in contextProverbs 11:21
Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
Read in contextJob 27:18–23
He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.
Read in context2 Samuel 7:26
And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee.
Read in contextJob 5:3–4
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
Read in contextJob 11:20
But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.
Read in contextJob 18:15–20
It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
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