Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
But He will
King James Version
The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.
Holman Bible
but He protects the widow’s territory.
International Standard Version
The house of the proud the LORD will demolish, but he will protect the widow's boundary line.
A Conservative Version
LORD will root up the house of the proud, but he will establish the border of the widow.
American Standard Version
Jehovah will root up the house of the proud; But he will establish the border of the widow.
Amplified
The Lord will tear down the house of the proud and arrogant (self-righteous),
But He will establish and protect the boundaries [of the land] of the [godly] widow.
Bible in Basic English
The house of the man of pride will be uprooted by the Lord, but he will make safe the heritage of the widow.
Darby Translation
Jehovah plucketh up the house of the proud; but he establisheth the boundary of the widow.
Julia Smith Translation
The house of the proud will Jehovah sweep away, and he will set up the bound of the widow.
King James 2000
The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the boundary of the widow.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The house of the proud, Yahweh will tear [it] down, but he will maintain the {property line} of the widow.
Modern King James verseion
Jehovah will destroy the house of the proud, but He will set up the border of the widow.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The LORD will break down the house of the proud; but he shall make fast the borders of the widow.
NET Bible
The Lord tears down the house of the proud, but he maintains the boundaries of the widow.
New Heart English Bible
The LORD will uproot the house of the proud, but he will keep the widow's borders intact.
The Emphasized Bible
The house of proud men, will Yahweh tear down, but he will maintain the boundary of the widow.
Webster
The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.
World English Bible
Yahweh will uproot the house of the proud, but he will keep the widow's borders intact.
Youngs Literal Translation
The house of the proud Jehovah pulleth down, And He setteth up the border of the widow.
Themes
Abasement » Of the proud foretold
God's Promises » To the widow and fatherless » God's care for
Topics
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References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 15:25
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Wise Son Brings Blessings To Others
24
The way of life is uphill to the wise, that he may separate himself from Sheol below.
25
But He will
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Psalm 146:9
The LORD preserves the strangers; he raises up the fatherless and widow; but the way of the wicked he turns upside down.
Proverbs 12:7
God shall overthrow the wicked, and they shall not be any longer, but the house of the righteous shall remain.
Psalm 68:5-6
A father of the fatherless and a defender of the widows is God in his holy habitation.
Proverbs 14:11
The house of the wicked shall be made desolate, but the tent of the upright shall flourish.
Proverbs 23:10
Do not remove the old landmark, and do not enter into the inheritance of the fatherless:
Deuteronomy 10:17-18
For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, a great God, mighty, and terrible, who makes no exception of persons, nor takes a bribe;
Deuteronomy 19:14
Thou shalt not reduce thy neighbour's border, which those of old time have marked in thine inheritance, which thou shalt possess in the land that the LORD thy God gives thee to inherit.
Job 40:11-13
Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath; and behold every one that is proud and bring him down.
Psalm 52:1
Why dost thou boast of evil, O strong man? The mercy of God is day by day.
Psalm 52:5
God shall likewise cast thee down for ever; he shall cut thee off and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
Psalm 138:6
For the LORD, who is high and lifted up, looks upon the humble, but the proud he does not know.
Isaiah 2:12
For the day of the LORD of the 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:
Daniel 5:20
But when his heart made itself arrogant, and his spirit hardened itself in pride, he was deposed from the throne of his kingdom, and they took his glory from him:
James 1:27
The pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their tribulation and to keep thyself unspotted from this world.
1 Peter 5:5
Likewise, young people, be subject to the elders in such a manner that you are all subject to one another. Be clothed with humility of will, for God resists the proud and gives grace to the humble.