Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Turning the
King James Version
The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.
Holman Bible
He brings the wicked to ruin.
International Standard Version
The righteous God considers the house of the wicked, bringing the wicked to ruin.
A Conservative Version
A righteous man considers the house of the wicked: the wicked are overthrown to ruin.
American Standard Version
The righteous man considereth the house of the wicked, How the wicked are overthrown to their ruin.
Amplified
The righteous one keeps an eye on the house of the wicked—
How the wicked are cast down to ruin.
Bible in Basic English
The Upright One, looking on the house of the evil-doer, lets sinners be overturned to their destruction.
Darby Translation
One that is righteous wisely considereth the house of the wicked: he overthroweth the wicked to their ruin.
Julia Smith Translation
The just one being circumspect for the house of the unjust one: overthrowing the unjust for evil.
King James 2000
The righteous man wisely considers the house of the wicked: but God overthrows the wicked for their wickedness.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The righteous observes the house of the wicked; he throws the wicked to ruin.
Modern King James verseion
The righteous wisely considers the house of the wicked; but God overthrows the wicked for their wickedness.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked; and for their wickedness, God overthroweth the ungodly.
NET Bible
The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked; he overthrows the wicked to their ruin.
New Heart English Bible
The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, and brings the wicked to ruin.
The Emphasized Bible
The Righteous One observeth the house of the lawless, - He is ready to cast down lawless men into misfortune.
Webster
The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.
World English Bible
The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, and brings the wicked to ruin.
Youngs Literal Translation
The Righteous One is acting wisely Towards the house of the wicked, He is overthrowing the wicked for wickedness.
Interlinear
Sakal
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 21:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
11
When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise, and by instructing the wise, he receives wisdom.
12
Turning the
Cross References
Psalm 37:35-36
Resh I have seen the wicked in great power and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
Genesis 19:29
And it came to pass as God destroyed the cities of the plain that God remembered Abraham and sent Lot out of the midst of the destruction when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.
Job 5:3
I have seen the foolish taking root, but at the same time I cursed his habitation.
Job 8:15
He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand; he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
Job 18:14-21
His confidence shall be rooted out of his tent, and he shall be brought to the king of terrors.
Job 21:28-30
For ye say, What is of the house of the prince, and what of the tent of the habitation of the wicked?
Job 27:13-23
This is the portion of a wicked man with God and the heritage of the violent, which they shall receive of the Almighty.
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 107:43
Who is wise and will observe these things and shall understand the mercies of the LORD?
Proverbs 11:3-5
The perfection of the upright shall guide them in the way, but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
Proverbs 13:6
Righteousness keeps the one of the perfect way: but wickedness overthrows the sinner.
Proverbs 14:11
The house of the wicked shall be made desolate, but the tent of the upright shall flourish.
Proverbs 14:32
For his wickedness shall the wicked be cast out, but the righteous in his death has hope.
Hosea 14:9
Who is wise that he might understand this? and prudent that he might know this? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them; but the rebellious shall fall therein.
Amos 4:11
I have overthrown some of you as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the fire; and ye never returned unto me, said the LORD.
Habakkuk 2:9-12
Woe to him that covets ill-gotten gain by violence for his house that he may set his nest on high, that he may escape from the power of evil!
1 Corinthians 10:5
But with many of them God was not pleased; therefore, they were overthrown in the wilderness.
2 Peter 2:4-9
For if God did not forgive the angels that sinned, but cast them down into the deepest abyss and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
2 Peter 3:6-7
by which the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished;