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 a scoffer is punished, the simple becomes wise; when a wise man is instructed, he gains knowledge.
12
Turning the
Cross References
Psalm 37:35-36
I have seen a wicked, ruthless man, spreading himself like a green laurel tree.
Genesis 19:29
So it was that, when God destroyed the cities of the valley, God remembered Abraham and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow when he overthrew the cities in which Lot had lived.
Job 5:3
I have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his dwelling.
Job 8:15
He leans against his house, but it does not stand; he lays hold of it, but it does not endure.
Job 18:14-21
He is torn from the tent in which he trusted and is brought to the king of terrors.
Job 21:28-30
For you say, 'Where is the house of the prince? Where is the tent in which the wicked lived?'
Job 27:13-23
"This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage that oppressors receive from the Almighty:
Psalm 52:5
But God will break you down forever; he will snatch and tear you from your tent; he will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
Psalm 107:43
Whoever is wise, let him attend to these things; let them consider the steadfast love of the LORD.
Proverbs 11:3-5
The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.
Proverbs 13:6
Righteousness guards him whose way is blameless, but sin overthrows the wicked.
Proverbs 14:11
The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.
Proverbs 14:32
The wicked is overthrown through his evildoing, but the righteous finds refuge in his death.
Hosea 14:9
Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them; for the ways of the LORD are right, and the upright walk in them, but transgressors stumble in them.
Amos 4:11
"I overthrew some of you, as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were as a brand plucked out of the burning; yet you did not return to me," declares the LORD.
Habakkuk 2:9-12
"Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house, to set his nest on high, to be safe from the reach of harm!
1 Corinthians 10:5
Nevertheless, with most of them God was not pleased, for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
2 Peter 2:4-9
For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to chains of gloomy darkness to be kept until the judgment;
2 Peter 3:6-7
and that by means of these the world that then existed was deluged with water and perished.