Proverbs 15:25 “The LORD tears down the house of the proud, but He protects the bounda…”

Proverbs 15:25

The LORD tears down the house of the proud, but He protects the boundaries of the widow.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.

World English Bible

The LORD will uproot the house of the proud, but he will keep the widow’s borders intact.

American Standard Version

Jehovah will root up the house of the proud; But he will establish the border of the widow.

Geneva Bible 1599

The Lord will destroye the house of the proude men: but hee will stablish the borders of the widowe.

Darby Translation

Jehovah plucketh up the house of the proud; but he establisheth the boundary of the widow.

Young's Literal Translation

The house of the proud Jehovah pulleth down, And He setteth up the border of the widow.

Bible in Basic English

The house of the man of pride will be uprooted by the Lord, but he will make safe the heritage of the widow.

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Cross references

“destroy”

Proverbs 12:7 Proverbs 14:11 Isaiah 2:12 Daniel 5:20 Job 40:11–13 Psalm 138:6

Proverbs 12:7 · BSB

The wicked are overthrown and perish, but the house of the righteous will stand.

Proverbs 14:11 · BSB

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

Isaiah 2:12 · BSB

For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted— it will be humbled—

Daniel 5:20 · BSB

But when his heart became arrogant and his spirit was hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne, and his glory was taken from him.

Job 40:11–13 · BSB

Unleash the fury of your wrath; look on every proud man and bring him low.

Psalm 138:6 · BSB

Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.

“but”

Psalm 146:9 James 1:27 Deuteronomy 10:17 Deuteronomy 10:18 Psalm 68:5 Psalm 68:6

Psalm 146:9 · BSB

The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.

James 1:27 · BSB

Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

Deuteronomy 10:17 · BSB

For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awesome God, showing no partiality and accepting no bribe.

Deuteronomy 10:18 · BSB

He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.

Psalm 68:5 · BSB

A father of the fatherless and a defender of widows is God in His holy habitation.

Psalm 68:6 · BSB

God settles the lonely in families; He leads the prisoners out to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.

Also

Proverbs 23:10 Deuteronomy 19:14

Proverbs 23:10 · BSB

Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,

Deuteronomy 19:14 · BSB

You must not move your neighbor’s boundary marker, which was set up by your ancestors to mark the inheritance you shall receive in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

24The path of life leads upward for the wise, that he may avoid going down to Sheol.

26The LORD detests the thoughts of the wicked, but the words of the pure are pleasant to Him.

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