Proverbs 21:12

Geneva Bible (1560)

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מַשְׂכִּ֣יל צַ֭דִּיק לְבֵ֣ית רָשָׁ֑ע מְסַלֵּ֖ף רְשָׁעִ֣ים לָרָֽע

Transliteration

maśkîl ṣaddîq to-bêt rāšāʿ mĕsallēp̄ rĕšāʿîm to-rāʿ

Grammar Details

• *maśkîl*: hiphil participle masculine singular - considering/giving attention
• *ṣaddîq*: masculine singular adjective - righteous one
• *bêt*: construct singular noun - house of
• *rāšāʿ*: masculine singular noun - wicked person
• *mĕsallēp̄*: piel participle masculine singular - overthrowing/perverting
• *rĕšāʿîm*: masculine plural noun - wicked ones
• *rāʿ*: masculine singular noun/adjective - evil/calamity

Word Meanings

• *maśkîl*: considering/paying attention/being wise toward
• *ṣaddîq*: righteous one/just person
• *bêt*: house/household
• *rāšāʿ*: wicked person/evildoer
• *mĕsallēp̄*: overthrowing/perverting/bringing down
• *rĕšāʿîm*: wicked ones/evil persons
• *rāʿ*: evil/harm/calamity/disaster

Referenced Verses

• Ps 37:35-36 : 35 I haue seene the wicked strong, and spreading himselfe like a greene bay tree. 36 Yet he passed away, and loe, he was gone, and I sought him, but he could not be founde.
• Ps 52:5 : 5 So shal God destroy thee for euer: he shal take thee and plucke thee out of thy tabernacle, and roote thee out of ye land of the liuing. Selah.
• Ps 107:43 : 43 Who is wise that hee may obserue these things? for they shall vnderstand the louing kindnesse of the Lord.
• Prov 11:3-5 : 3 The vprightnes of the iust shal guide them: but the frowardnes of the transgressers shall destroy them. 4 Riches auaile not in the day of wrath: but righteousnes deliuereth from death. 5 The righteousnes of the vpright shal direct his way: but the wicked shall fall in his owne wickednes.
• Prov 13:6 : 6 Righteousnesse preserueth the vpright of life: but wickednes ouerthroweth the sinner.
• Prov 14:11 : 11 The house of the wicked shalbe destroyed: but the tabernacle of the righteous shall florish.
• Prov 14:32 : 32 The wicked shall be cast away for his malice: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
• Hos 14:9 : 9 (14:10) Who is wise, and he shall vnderstande these things? and prudent, and he shall knowe them? for the wayes of the Lorde are righteous, and the iust shall walke in them: but the wicked shal fall therein.
• Amos 4:11 : 11 I haue ouerthrowe you, as God ouerthrew Sodom & Gomorah: and ye were as a firebrand pluckt out of the burning: yet haue ye not returned vnto me, saith the Lord.
• Hab 2:9-9 : 9 Ho, he that coueteth an euil couetousnesse to his house, that he may set his nest on hie, to escape from the power of euil. 10 Thou hast consulted shame to thine owne house, by destroying many people, and hast sinned against thine owne soule. 11 For the stone shall crie out of the wall, and the beame out of the timber shal answere it. 12 Wo vnto him that buildeth a towne with blood, and erecteth a citie by iniquitie.
• 1 Cor 10:5 : 5 But with many of them God was not pleased: for they were ouerthrowen in ye wildernes.
• 2 Pet 2:4-9 : 4 For if God spared not the Angels that had sinned, but cast them downe into hell, and deliuered them into chaines of darkenes, to be kept vnto damnation: 5 Neither hath spared the olde worlde, but saued Noe the eight person a preacher of righteousnesse, and brought in the flood vpon the world of the vngodly, 6 And turned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrhe into ashes, condemned them and ouerthrewe them, and made them an ensample vnto them that after should liue vngodly, 7 And deliuered iust Loth vexed with the vncleanly conuersation of the wicked: 8 (For he being righteous, and dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soule from day to day with their vnlawfull deedes.) 9 The Lorde knoweth to deliuer the godly out of tentation, and to reserue the vniust vnto the day of iudgement vnder punishment.
• 2 Pet 3:6-7 : 6 Wherefore the worlde that then was, perished, ouerflowed with the water. 7 But the heauens and earth, which are nowe, are kept by the same word in store, and reserued vnto fire against the day of condemnation, and of the destruction of vngodly men.
• Gen 19:29 : 29 But yet when God destroyed the cities of the plaine, God thought vpon Abraham, and sent Lot out from the middes of the destruction, when he ouerthrewe the cities, wherein Lot dwelled.
• Job 5:3 : 3 I haue seene the foolish well rooted, and suddenly I cursed his habitation, saying,
• Job 8:15 : 15 He shall leane vpon his house, but it shall not stand: he shal holde him fast by it, yet shall it not endure.
• Job 18:14-21 : 14 His hope shalbe rooted out of his dwelling, & shal cause him to go to the King of feare. 15 Feare shall dwell in his house (because it is not his) and brimstone shalbe scattered vpon his habitation. 16 His rootes shalbe dryed vp beneath, and aboue shall his branche be cut downe. 17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall haue no name in the streete. 18 They shall driue him out of the light vnto darkenesse, and chase him out of the world. 19 Hee shall neither haue sonne nor nephewe among his people, nor any posteritie in his dwellings. 20 The posteritie shalbe astonied at his day, and feare shall come vpon the ancient. 21 Surely such are the habitations 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 house? & where is the tabernacle of the wickeds dwelling? 29 May ye not aske the that go by the way? and ye can not deny their signes. 30 But the wicked is kept vnto the day of destruction, and they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
• Job 27:13-23 : 13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of tyrants, which they shal receiue of the Almightie. 14 If his children be in great nomber, the sworde shall destroy them, and his posteritie shall not be satisfied with bread. 15 His remnant shall be buried in death, and his widowes shall not weepe. 16 Though he shoulde heape vp siluer as the dust, and prepare rayment as the clay, 17 He may prepare it, but the iust shall put it on, and the innocent shall deuide the siluer. 18 He buildeth his house as the moth, and as a lodge that the watchman maketh. 19 When the rich man sleepeth, he shal not be gathered to his fathers: they opened their eyes, and he was gone. 20 Terrours shal take him as waters, & a tempest shall cary him away by night. 21 The East winde shall take him away, & he shal depart: & it shal hurle him out of his place. 22 And God shal cast vpon him and not spare, though he would faine flee out of his hand. 23 Euery man shall clap their hands at him, & hisse at him out of their place.