Parallel Verses

American Standard Version

The righteous man considereth the house of the wicked, How the wicked are overthrown to their ruin.

New American Standard Bible

The righteous one considers the house of the wicked,
Turning the wicked to ruin.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked;
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.

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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
The righteous
צדּיק 
Tsaddiyq 
Usage: 206

the house
בּית 
Bayith 
Usage: 2053

of the wicked
רשׁע 
Rasha` 
Usage: 263

סלף 
Calaph 
Usage: 7

the wicked
רשׁע 
Rasha` 
Usage: 263

Verse Info

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

11 When the scoffer is punished, the simple is made wise; And when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge. 12 The righteous man considereth the house of the wicked, How the wicked are overthrown to their ruin. 13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, He also shall cry, but shall not be heard.



Cross References

Psalm 37:35-36

I have seen the wicked in great power, And spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.

Genesis 19:29

And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the Plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot dwelt.

Job 5:3

I have seen the foolish taking root: But suddenly I cursed his habitation.

Job 8:15

He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: He shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure.

Job 18:14-21

He shall be rooted out of his tent where he trusteth; And he shall be brought to the king of terrors.

Job 21:28-30

For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent wherein the wicked dwelt?

Job 27:13-23

This is the portion of a wicked man with God, And the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty:

Psalm 52:5

God will likewise destroy thee for ever; He will take thee up, and pluck thee out of thy tent, And root thee out of the land of the living. Selah

Psalm 107:43

Whoso is wise will give heed to these things; And they will consider the lovingkindnesses of Jehovah.

Proverbs 11:3-5

The integrity of the upright shall guide them; But the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.

Proverbs 13:6

Righteousness guardeth him that is upright in the way; But wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

Proverbs 14:11

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

Proverbs 14:32

The wicked is thrust down in his evil-doing; But the righteous hath a refuge in his death.

Hosea 14:9

Who is wise, that he may understand these things? prudent, that he may know them? for the ways of Jehovah are right, and the just shall walk in them; but transgressors shall fall therein.

Amos 4:11

I have overthrown cities among you, as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a brand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.

Habakkuk 2:9-12

Woe to him that getteth an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!

1 Corinthians 10:5

Howbeit with most of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.

2 Peter 2:4-9

For if God spared not angels when they sinned, but cast them down to hell, and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

2 Peter 3:6-7

by which means the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:

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