Proverbs 15:25
23 A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!
24 The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.
26 The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.
27 He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
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Compare
- BSB
- The LORD tears down the house of the proud, but He protects the boundaries of the widow.
- KJV
- The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.
- WEB
- The LORD will uproot the house of the proud, but he will keep the widow’s borders intact.
- ASV
- Jehovah will root up the house of the proud; But he will establish the border of the widow.
- DARBY
- Jehovah plucketh up the house of the proud; but he establisheth the boundary of the widow.
- BLB
- YHWH will tear down the house of the proud ones, and He will make stand the boundary of the widow.
- ÅB
- Herren river ned de overmodiges hus, men enkens markskjell lar han stå fast.
- OTB
- Herren vil rive ned de stoltes hus, men Han vil beskytte enkens grense.
- B1930
- Herren river ned de overmodiges hus, men enkens markskjell lar han stå fast.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 146:9
The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
Read in contextPsalms 68:5–6
A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 10:17–18
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:
Read in contextProverbs 14:11
The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
Read in contextProverbs 12:7
The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
Read in contextProverbs 23:10
Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
Read in contextIsaiah 2:12
For 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:
Read in contextDaniel 5:20
But 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:
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