A city is built up by the blessing of the upright,
but it is torn down by the mouth of the wicked.

Every wise woman builds her house,
but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands.

The house of the proud, Yahweh will tear [it] down, but he will maintain the {property line} of the widow.

The king by justice makes the land stable, but he who takes bribes tears it down.

but the wicked will be removed from the land, and the treacherous will be torn away from it.

For this cause, suddenly cometh his doom, in a moment, shall he be torn in pieces and there be no mending.

Saith the sluggard, A roaring lion in the road! A tearing lion in the midst of the broadways.