Proverbs 21:12
The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.
KJV
Excogitat justus de domo impii, ut detrahat impios a malo.
Vulgate
συνίει δίκαιος καρδίας ἀσεβῶν καὶ φαυλίζει ἀσεβεῖς ἐν κακοῖς.
LXX
The righteous man considereth the house of the wicked, Howthe wicked are overthrown to their ruin.
ASV
מַשְׂכִּ֣יל צַ֭דִּיק לְ/בֵ֣ית רָשָׁ֑ע מְסַלֵּ֖ף רְשָׁעִ֣ים לָ/רָֽע
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
יסַלֵּ֖ף
yslp
verb · 7×
מַשְׂכִּ֑יל
mshkyl
verb · 63×
צַדִּ֑יק
tsdyq
adjective · 199×
רְשָׁעִ֣ים
rsh'ym
adjective · 257×
רָ֑ע
r'
verb · 664×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 10:5 — But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
- 1Kgs 1:52 — And Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die.
- 2Pet 2:4 — For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
- 2Pet 3:6 — Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
- Amos 4:11 — I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
- Gen 19:29 — And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.
- Hab 2:9 — Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
- Hos 14:9 — Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
- Job 5:3 — I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
- Job 8:15 — He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
- Job 18:14 — His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.
- Job 21:28 — For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?
- Prov 3:33 — The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.
- Prov 11:3 — The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
- Prov 13:6 — Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
- Prov 13:6 — Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
- Prov 14:11 — The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
- Prov 14:11 — The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
- Prov 14:32 — The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
- Ps 37:35 — I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
- Ps 52:5 — God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
- Ps 107:43 — Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.