Proverbs 21:12 “The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked and brings the wic…”

Proverbs 21:12

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

The righteous teacheth the house of the wicked: but God ouerthroweth the wicked for their euill.

Darby Translation

One that is righteous wisely considereth the house of the wicked: he overthroweth the wicked to [their] ruin.

Young's Literal Translation

The Righteous One is acting wisely Towards the house of the wicked, He is overthrowing the wicked for wickedness.

Bible in Basic English

The Upright One, looking on the house of the evil-doer, lets sinners be overturned to their destruction.

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Cross references

“wisely”

Psalm 107:43 Job 5:3 Job 8:15 Psalm 52:5 Hosea 14:9 Job 18:14–21

Psalm 107:43 · BSB

Let him who is wise pay heed to these things and consider the loving devotion of the LORD.

Job 5:3 · BSB

I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.

Job 8:15 · BSB

He leans on his web, but it gives way; he holds fast, but it does not endure.

Psalm 52:5 · BSB

Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah

Hosea 14:9 · BSB

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 righteous walk in them but the rebellious stumble in them.

Job 18:14–21 · BSB

He is torn from the shelter of his tent and is marched off to the king of terrors.

“overthroweth”

Proverbs 11:3–5 Proverbs 14:32 Amos 4:11 1 Corinthians 10:5 2 Peter 2:4–9 Proverbs 13:6

Proverbs 11:3–5 · BSB

The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the faithless destroys them.

Proverbs 14:32 · BSB

The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.

Amos 4:11 · BSB

“Some of you I overthrew as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a firebrand snatched from a blaze, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.

1 Corinthians 10:5 · BSB

Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness.

2 Peter 2:4–9 · BSB

For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;

Proverbs 13:6 · BSB

Righteousness guards the man of integrity, but wickedness undermines the sinner.

Also

Proverbs 14:11

Proverbs 14:11 · BSB

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

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

In context

11When a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom; and when a wise man is instructed, he acquires knowledge.

13Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too shall cry out and receive no answer.

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