Verse 12

The righteous man wysely considereth the house of the wicked, and for their wickednesse God ouerthroweth the vngodly.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 37:35-36 : 35 I my selfe haue seene the vngodly in great power: and florishing lyke a greene bay tree. 36 And he vanished away, so that he could be no more seene: I sought hym, but he coulde no where be founde.
  • Ps 52:5 : 5 Therfore the Lord wyll destroy thee for euer: he wyll take thee and plucke thee out of thy dwelling, and roote thee out of the lande of the liuing. Selah.
  • Ps 107:43 : 43 Whosoeuer is wyse, he wyll both obserue these thinges: and also well consider the louing kindnesse of God.
  • Prov 11:3-5 : 3 The innocent dealyng of the iust shall leade them: but the wickednesse of the offendours shalbe their owne destruction. 4 Riches helpe not in the day of vengeaunce: but ryghteousnesse deliuereth from death. 5 The ryghteousnesse of the innocent ordereth his way: but the vngodly shall fall in his owne wickednesse.
  • Prov 13:6 : 6 Ryghteousnesse kepeth the innocent in the way: but vngodlinesse doth ouerthrowe the sinner.
  • Prov 14:11 : 11 The house of the vngodly shalbe ouerthrowen: but the tabernacle of the righteous shall florishe.
  • Prov 14:32 : 32 The vngodly is cast away for his iniquitie: but the ryghteous hath a good hope, euen in death.
  • Hos 14:9 : 9 Who so is wise, shall vnderstande these thinges, and he that is right instruct wyll regarde them: for the wayes of the Lorde are righteous, such as be godly wyll walke in them: as for the wicked, they shall stumble therin.
  • Amos 4:11 : 11 I haue ouerthrowen you, as God ouerthrewe Sodoma and Gomorra: and ye were as a fire brande pluckt out of the burning: yet haue ye not returned vnto me, sayth the Lorde.
  • Hab 2:9-9 : 9 Wo he that coueteth an euyll couetousnesse to his house, that he may set his nest on hie, to escape from the power of euyll. 10 Thou hast consulted shame to thyne owne house, by destroying many people, & hast sinned against thyne owne soule. 11 For the stone shall crye out of the wal, and the beame out of the timber shall aunswere it. 12 Wo vnto him that buyldeth a towne with blood, and erecteth a citie by iniquitie.
  • 1 Cor 10:5 : 5 But in many of them had God no delite: For they were ouerthrowen in the wildernesse.
  • 2 Pet 2:4-9 : 4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them downe into hell, and delyuered them into chaynes of darknesse, to be kept vnto iudgement: 5 Neither spared the olde worlde, but saued Noe the eyght person a preacher of ryghteousnesse, and brought in the flood vpon the worlde of the vngodly, 6 And turned their cities of Sodome & Gomorrhe into asshes, ouerthrewe the, dampned them, and made of them an ensample vnto those that after shoulde lyue vngodly: 7 And iust Lot, vexed with ye vncleane conuersatio of the wicked, deliuered he. 8 For he beyng ryghteous, & dwellyng among them, in seyng and hearyng, vexed his ryghteous soule from daye to daye with their vnlawfull deedes. 9 The Lorde knoweth howe to delyuer the godly out of temptation, and to reserue the vniust vnto the day of iudgement for to be punished:
  • 2 Pet 3:6-7 : 6 By the which thinges the world that then was, perisshed, beyng then ouerrunne with water. 7 But the heauens and earth whiche are nowe, be kept by his worde in store, and reserued vnto fire, agaynst the day of iudgement and perdition of vngodly men.
  • Gen 19:29 : 29 And it came to passe, that when God destroyed the cities of that region, he thought vpon Abraham, and sent Lot out from the middest of the ouerthrow, when he ouerthrewe the cities, in one of the whiche Lot dwelled.
  • Job 5:3 : 3 I haue seene my selfe when the foolish was deepe rooted, and sodenly I cursed his habitation.
  • Job 8:15 : 15 He shal leane vpon his house, but it shal not stande: he shall holde him fast by it, yet shall it not endure.
  • Job 18:14-21 : 14 His hope shalbe rooted out of his dwelling, and shall bring him to the king of feare. 15 Other men shall dwell in his house, and it shalbe none of his, and brimstone shall be scattered vpon his habitation. 16 His rootes shalbe dryed vp beneath, and aboue shall his braunche be cut downe. 17 His remembraunce shall perishe from the earth, and he shall haue no name in the streete. 18 They shall driue him from the light into darkenesse, and chaste him cleane out of the worlde. 19 He shall neither haue children nor kinsfolkes among his people, no nor any posteritie in his dwellinges. 20 They that come after him, shalbe astonyed at his day, and they that go before shalbe afrayde. 21 Such are now the dwellinges of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
  • Job 21:28-30 : 28 For ye say where is the princes palace? and where is the dwelling of the vngodly? 29 Haue ye not asked them that go by the way? Doubtlesse ye cannot denie their tokens, 30 That the wicked is kept vnto the day of destruction, and the vngodly shalbe brought foorth to the day of wrath.
  • Job 27:13-23 : 13 Saying: This is the portion that the wicked haue of God, and the heritage that tyrauntes shall receaue of the almightie. 14 If he get many children, they shall perishe with the sworde, and his posteritie shall haue scarcenesse of bread. 15 His remnaunt shalbe buried in death, and his widowes shall not weepe. 16 Though he heape vp siluer as the dust, and prepare rayment as the clay: 17 He may well prepare it, but the godly shall put it on, and the innocent shall deale out the money. 18 He buyldeth his house as the moth, & as a booth that the watchman maketh. 19 When the riche man sleepeth, he shall not be gathered to his fathers, they opened their eyes, and he was gone. 20 Terrour taketh holde vpon hym as a water fludde, and the tempest stealeth him away in the night season. 21 A vehement east winde caryeth him hence, and he departeth: a storme hurleth him out of his place. 22 God shal cast vpon him, and not spare, though he woulde fayne flee out of his hande. 23 Then clap men their handes at hym, and hisse at him out of his place.