Proverbs 12:7

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The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.

Hand for hand! an evil man shall not be held innocent; but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

The house of the wicked shall be overthrown; but the tent of the upright shall flourish.

Jehovah plucketh up the house of the proud; but he establisheth the boundary of the widow.

And in Shushan the fortress the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.

I myself saw the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and all refuge shall vanish from them, and their hope shall be the breathing out of life.

They who are none of his shall dwell in his tent; brimstone shall be showered upon his habitation:

He buildeth his house as the moth, and as a booth that a keeper maketh.

For yet a little while, and the wicked is not; and thou considerest his place, but he is not.

Truly thou settest them in slippery places, thou castest them down in ruins.

The wisdom of women buildeth their house; but folly plucketh it down with her hands.

Through wisdom is a house built, and by understanding it is established;

And thy house and thy kingdom shall be made firm for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.

Whoever therefore hears these my words and does them, I will liken him to a prudent man, who built his house upon the rock;