Proverbs 10:25

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When the storm passes through, the wicked are swept away, but the righteous are an everlasting foundation.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 15:5 : 5 He does not charge interest when he lends his money. He does not take bribes to testify against the innocent. The one who lives like this will never be shaken.
  • Ps 58:9 : 9 Before the kindling is even placed under your pots, he will sweep it away along with both the raw and cooked meat.
  • Prov 10:30 : 30 The righteous will never be moved, but the wicked will not inhabit the land.
  • Prov 12:3 : 3 No one can be established through wickedness, but a righteous root cannot be moved.
  • Prov 12:7 : 7 The wicked are overthrown and perish, but the righteous household will stand.
  • Isa 40:24 : 24 Indeed, they are barely planted; yes, they are barely sown; yes, they barely take root in the earth, and then he blows on them, causing them to dry up, and the wind carries them away like straw.
  • Matt 7:24-27 : 24 Hearing and Doing“Everyone who hears these words of mine and does them is like a wise man who built his house on rock. 25 The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, but it did not collapse because its foundation had been laid on rock. 26 Everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27 The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, and it collapsed– it was utterly destroyed!”
  • Matt 16:18 : 18 And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overpower it.
  • Eph 2:20 : 20 because you have been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone.
  • 1 Tim 6:19 : 19 In this way they will save up a treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the future and so lay hold of what is truly life.
  • 2 Tim 2:19 : 19 However, God’s solid foundation remains standing, bearing this seal:“The Lord knows those who are his,” and“Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from evil.”
  • Ps 73:18-20 : 18 Surely you put them in slippery places; you bring them down to ruin. 19 How desolate they become in a mere moment! Terrifying judgments make their demise complete! 20 They are like a dream after one wakes up. O Lord, when you awake you will despise them.
  • Prov 1:27 : 27 when what you dread comes like a whirlwind, and disaster strikes you like a devastating storm, when distressing trouble comes on you.
  • Ps 37:9-9 : 9 Wicked men will be wiped out, but those who rely on the LORD are the ones who will possess the land. 10 Evil men will soon disappear; you will stare at the spot where they once were, but they will be gone.
  • Job 21:18 : 18 How often are they like straw before the wind, and like chaff swept away by a whirlwind?
  • Job 27:19-21 : 19 He goes to bed wealthy, but will do so no more. When he opens his eyes, it is all gone. 20 Terrors overwhelm him like a flood; at night a whirlwind carries him off. 21 The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.

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  • Ps 1:4-6
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    32An evil person will be thrown down through his wickedness, but a righteous person takes refuge in his integrity.

  • Jer 30:23
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    23Just watch! The wrath of the LORD will come like a storm. Like a raging storm it will rage down on the heads of those who are wicked.

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    18How often are they like straw before the wind, and like chaff swept away by a whirlwind?

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    7When the wicked sprout up like grass, and all the evildoers glisten, it is so that they may be annihilated.

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    19But just watch! The wrath of the LORD will come like a storm! Like a raging storm it will rage down on the heads of those who are wicked.

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    16but when the hot wind blows by, it disappears, and one can no longer even spot the place where it once grew.

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    10When the wicked see this, they will worry; they will grind their teeth in frustration and melt away; the desire of the wicked will perish.

  • Prov 28:28
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    28When the wicked gain control, people hide themselves, but when they perish, the righteous increase.

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    11The household of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.

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  • Prov 24:15
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    15Do not lie in wait like the wicked against the place where the righteous live; do not assault his home.

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    7When a wicked person dies, his expectation perishes, and hope based on power has perished.

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  • Prov 11:5
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    5The righteousness of the blameless will make their way smooth, but the wicked will fall through their own wickedness.

  • Ps 112:6
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    6For he will never be shaken; others will always remember one who is just.

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    9Before the kindling is even placed under your pots, he will sweep it away along with both the raw and cooked meat.

  • Prov 2:22
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    22but the wicked will be removed from the land, and the treacherous will be torn away from it.

  • Eccl 8:13
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    38Sinful rebels are totally destroyed; evil men have no future.

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    23The desire of the righteous is only good, but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

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    21No harm will be directed at the righteous, but the wicked are filled with calamity.

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    27when what you dread comes like a whirlwind, and disaster strikes you like a devastating storm, when distressing trouble comes on you.

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    16When the wicked increase, transgression increases, but the righteous will see their downfall.

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    17for evil men will lose their power, but the LORD sustains the godly.

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    25Do not be afraid of sudden disaster, or when destruction overtakes the wicked;

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    29The godly will possess the land and will dwell in it permanently.

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    21Evil people self-destruct; those who hate the godly are punished.

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    19Bad people have bowed before good people, and wicked people have bowed at the gates of someone righteous.

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    25The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, but it did not collapse because its foundation had been laid on rock.

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    7The violence done by the wicked will drag them away because they have refused to do what is right.