Proverbs 21:12

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Summary

The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.

Wisely

Overthroweth

Bible References

Wisely

I myself have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his place of residence.

He leans against his house but it does not hold up, he takes hold of it but it does not stand.

He is dragged from the security of his tent, and marched off to the king of terrors.

For you say, 'Where now is the nobleman's house, and where are the tents in which the wicked lived?'

This is the portion of the wicked man allotted by God, the inheritance that evildoers receive from the Almighty.

I have seen ruthless evil men growing in influence, like a green tree grows in its native soil.

Yet God will make you a permanent heap of ruins. He will scoop you up and remove you from your home; he will uproot you from the land of the living. (Selah)

Whoever is wise, let him take note of these things! Let them consider the Lord's acts of loyal love!

Who is wise? Let him discern these things! Who is discerning? Let him understand them! For the ways of the Lord are right; the godly walk in them, but in them the rebellious stumble.

The one who builds his house by unjust gain is as good as dead. He does this so he can build his nest way up high and escape the clutches of disaster.

Overthroweth

The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the unfaithful destroys them.

Righteousness guards the one who lives with integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

The wicked will be thrown down in his trouble, but the righteous have refuge even in the threat of death.

So when God destroyed the cities of the region, God honored Abraham's request. He removed Lot from the midst of the destruction when he destroyed the cities Lot had lived in.

"I overthrew some of you the way God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. You were like a burning stick snatched from the flames. Still you did not come back to me." The Lord is speaking!

But God was not pleased with most of them, for they were cut down in the wilderness.

For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but threw them into hell and locked them up in chains in utter darkness, to be kept until the judgment,

Through these things the world existing at that time was destroyed when it was deluged with water.