Parallel Verses

World English Bible

The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, and brings the wicked to 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.

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.

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
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 mocker is punished, the simple gains wisdom. When the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge. 12 The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, and brings the wicked to ruin. 13 Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he will also cry out, but shall not be heard.

Cross References

Psalm 37:35-36

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

Genesis 19:29

It happened, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the middle of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot lived.

Job 5:3

I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

Job 8:15

He shall lean on his house, but it shall not stand. He shall cling to it, but it shall not endure.

Job 18:14-21

He shall be rooted out of his tent where he trusts. He shall be 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, the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty.

Psalm 52:5

God will likewise destroy you forever. He will take you up, and pluck you out of your tent, and root you out of the land of the living. Selah.

Psalm 107:43

Whoever is wise will pay attention to these things. They will consider the loving kindnesses of Yahweh. A Song. A Psalm by David.

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 guards the way of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

Proverbs 14:11

The house of the wicked will be overthrown, but the tent of the upright will flourish.

Proverbs 14:32

The wicked is brought down in his calamity, but in death, the righteous has a refuge.

Hosea 14:9

Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of Yahweh are right, and the righteous walk in them; But the rebellious stumble in them.

Amos 4:11

"I have overthrown some of you, as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a burning stick plucked out of the fire; yet you haven't returned to me," says Yahweh.

Habakkuk 2:9-12

Woe to him who gets 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

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

2 Peter 2:4-9

For if God didn't spare angels when they sinned, but cast them down to Tartarus, and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved for judgment;

2 Peter 3:6-7

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

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