Proverbs 15:25

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The LORD tears down the house of the proud, but He secures the boundary of the widow.

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  • Ps 146:9 : 9 The LORD protects the sojourners; he sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the way of the wicked.
  • Prov 23:10 : 10 Do not move an ancient boundary marker, nor enter the fields of the fatherless.
  • Prov 12:7 : 7 The wicked are overthrown and no more, but the house of the righteous stands firm.
  • Prov 14:11 : 11 The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.
  • Ps 68:5-6 : 5 Sing to God, sing praises to His name; prepare the way for Him who rides through the deserts—His name is Yah, and rejoice before Him. 6 A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in His holy dwelling.
  • Deut 10:17-18 : 17 For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awe-inspiring God, who shows no partiality and accepts no bribes. 18 He ensures justice for the fatherless and the widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.
  • Jas 1:27 : 27 Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
  • 1 Pet 5:5 : 5 In the same way, you younger ones, submit yourselves to the elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.
  • Isa 2:12 : 12 For the day of the Lord of hosts will come against all who are proud and arrogant, against all who are exalted—they will be humbled.
  • Dan 5:20 : 20 But when his heart became arrogant and his spirit hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne, and his glory was taken from him.
  • Ps 52:5 : 5 You love evil more than good, and falsehood more than speaking what is right. Selah.
  • Deut 19:14 : 14 Do not move your neighbor's boundary marker, established by the ancestors, in the inheritance you will receive in the land the LORD your God is giving you to possess.
  • Job 40:11-13 : 11 Scatter the outbursts of your anger, and look at every proud one and bring him low. 12 Look at every proud person and humble him, and crush the wicked where they stand. 13 Bury them together in the dust; bind their faces in the hidden place.
  • Ps 138:6 : 6 Though the Lord is exalted, he cares for the lowly, but the proud he knows from afar.
  • Ps 52:1 : 1 For the director of music, a contemplative psalm of David.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 14:11
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    11The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.

  • Ps 146:9
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    9The LORD protects the sojourners; he sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the way of the wicked.

  • Job 22:9
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    9You sent widows away empty-handed, and the arms of the fatherless were crushed.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12The righteous one considers the house of the wicked and brings the wicked down to ruin.

  • Prov 10:15
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    15The wealth of the rich is their fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.

  • Prov 10:29-30
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    29The way of the LORD is a stronghold to the blameless, but it is ruin to evildoers.

    30The righteous will never be moved, but the wicked will not dwell in the land.

  • Amos 6:11
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    11For the LORD has given the command: The great house will be shattered into pieces, and the small house into bits.

  • Isa 5:15
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    15So humanity will be humbled, and people will be brought low; even the eyes of the arrogant will be humbled.

  • Job 15:28
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    28he will dwell in desolated cities, in houses no one inhabits, destined to become ruins.

  • Isa 25:12
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    12He will demolish the high fortress of your walls, bring it down to the ground, to the very dust.

  • Ps 37:17
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    17For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD supports the righteous.

  • Jer 25:37
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    37The peaceful pastures will be silent because of the LORD's fierce anger.

  • Prov 16:18-19
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    18Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

    19Better to be humble with the oppressed than to share plunder with the proud.

  • Jer 13:15
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    15Listen and pay attention! Do not be proud, for the LORD has spoken.

  • Prov 15:26
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    26The LORD detests the thoughts of the wicked, but gracious words are pure to Him.

  • Jer 50:32
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    32The arrogant one will stumble and fall, and no one will help him up. I will set fire to his cities, and it will devour all around him.

  • Prov 22:23
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    23For the LORD will plead their case and will rob of life those who rob them.

  • Jer 13:9
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    9"This is what the LORD says: 'In this way I will ruin the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.

  • Job 20:19
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    19For he has crushed and abandoned the poor; he has seized a house he did not build.

  • Prov 14:1
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    1Wise women build their homes, but foolish ones tear theirs down with their own hands.

  • Prov 12:7
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    7The wicked are overthrown and no more, but the house of the righteous stands firm.

  • Isa 10:2
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    2They deprive the poor of justice and rob the rights of the needy among my people, making widows their spoil and leaving orphans to be plundered.

  • Amos 3:15
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    15I will strike down the winter house along with the summer house, and the houses of ivory will perish, and the great houses will come to an end,” declares the Lord.

  • Ps 140:12
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    12May slanderers not be established in the land; may evil hunt down violent men to their destruction.

  • Ps 138:6
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    6Though the Lord is exalted, he cares for the lowly, but the proud he knows from afar.

  • Ps 14:6
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    6You frustrate the plans of the poor, but the LORD is their refuge.

  • Ps 147:6
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    6The LORD lifts up the humble; He brings the wicked down to the ground.

  • Ps 10:2
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    2In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the afflicted; let them be caught in the schemes they have devised.

  • Job 24:21
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    21He preys on the barren woman who does not bear children, and he does no good to the widow.

  • Jer 49:11
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    11Leave your orphans; I will preserve their lives. Let your widows trust in me.

  • Isa 5:9
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    9The Lord of Hosts said in my hearing: Truly, many houses will become desolate—large and beautiful ones, without occupants.

  • Ps 94:6
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    6They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.

  • Isa 23:9
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    9The LORD of Hosts has planned it, to defile the pride of all glory, to humble all who are honored on the earth.

  • Job 5:11
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    11He sets the lowly on high, and those who mourn are lifted to safety.

  • Prov 3:33
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    33The LORD’s curse is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous.

  • Job 27:15
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    15His survivors will be buried in death, and his widows will not weep for them.

  • Ps 101:5
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    5Whoever secretly slanders their neighbor, I will silence. Whoever has proud eyes and an arrogant heart, I cannot endure.

  • Isa 26:5
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    5For He has brought down those who dwell on high, the lofty city; He lays it low, to the ground, to the dust.

  • Amos 5:9
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    9He flashes destruction upon the mighty and brings ruin upon the fortified city.

  • Prov 14:31
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    31Whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.

  • Isa 2:12
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    12For the day of the Lord of hosts will come against all who are proud and arrogant, against all who are exalted—they will be humbled.

  • Prov 29:23
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    23A man's pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.

  • Ps 52:5
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    5You love evil more than good, and falsehood more than speaking what is right. Selah.

  • Ps 145:20
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    20The LORD watches over all who love him, but he will destroy all the wicked.

  • Prov 15:24
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    24The path of life leads upward for the prudent, to keep them from descending to the grave.

  • Ps 109:9
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    9May his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.

  • Jer 15:8
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    8Their widows have increased to Me more than the sand of the seas. I have brought against them a destroyer at noon, and I have caused anguish and terror to fall upon the city suddenly.

  • Isa 3:14
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    14The LORD enters into judgment against the elders and leaders of His people: 'It is you who have ruined the vineyard; the plunder taken from the poor is in your houses.'