Proverbs 21:12

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The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked; he overthrows the wicked to their ruin.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 37:35-36 : 35 I have seen ruthless evil men growing in influence, like a green tree grows in its native soil. 36 But then one passes by, and suddenly they have disappeared! I looked for them, but they could not be found.
  • Ps 52:5 : 5 Yet God will make you a permanent heap of ruins. He will scoop you up and remove you from your home; he will uproot you from the land of the living.(Selah)
  • Ps 107:43 : 43 Whoever is wise, let him take note of these things! Let them consider the LORD’s acts of loyal love!
  • Prov 11:3-5 : 3 The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them. 4 Wealth does not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death. 5 The righteousness of the blameless will make their way smooth, but the wicked will fall through their own wickedness.
  • Prov 13:6 : 6 Righteousness guards the one who lives with integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.
  • Prov 14:11 : 11 The household of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.
  • Prov 14:32 : 32 An evil person will be thrown down through his wickedness, but a righteous person takes refuge in his integrity.
  • Hos 14:9 : 9 Concluding Exhortation Who is wise? Let him discern these things! Who is discerning? Let him understand them! For the ways of the LORD are right; the godly walk in them,but in them the rebellious stumble.
  • Amos 4:11 : 11 “I overthrew some of you the way God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. You were like a burning stick snatched from the flames. Still you did not come back to me.” The LORD is speaking!
  • Hab 2:9-9 : 9 The one who builds his house by unjust gain is as good as dead. He does this so he can build his nest way up high and escape the clutches of disaster. 10 Your schemes will bring shame to your house. Because you destroyed many nations, you will self-destruct. 11 For the stones in the walls will cry out, and the wooden rafters will answer back. 12 Woe to the one who builds a city by bloodshed– he who starts a town by unjust deeds.
  • 1 Cor 10:5 : 5 But God was not pleased with most of them, for they were cut down in the wilderness.
  • 2 Pet 2:4-9 : 4 For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but threw them into hell and locked them up in chains in utter darkness, to be kept until the judgment, 5 and if he did not spare the ancient world, but did protect Noah, a herald of righteousness, along with seven others, when God brought a flood on an ungodly world, 6 and if he turned to ashes the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah when he condemned them to destruction, having appointed them to serve as an example to future generations of the ungodly, 7 and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man in anguish over the debauched lifestyle of lawless men, 8 (for while he lived among them day after day, that righteous man was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard) 9 – if so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from their trials, and to reserve the unrighteous for punishment at the day of judgment,
  • 2 Pet 3:6-7 : 6 Through these things the world existing at that time was destroyed when it was deluged with water. 7 But by the same word the present heavens and earth have been reserved for fire, by being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.
  • Gen 19:29 : 29 So when God destroyed the cities of the region, God honored Abraham’s request. He removed Lot from the midst of the destruction when he destroyed the cities Lot had lived in.
  • Job 5:3 : 3 I myself have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his place of residence.
  • Job 8:15 : 15 He leans against his house but it does not hold up, he takes hold of it but it does not stand.
  • Job 18:14-21 : 14 He is dragged from the security of his tent, and marched off to the king of terrors. 15 Fire resides in his tent; over his residence burning sulfur is scattered. 16 Below his roots dry up, and his branches wither above. 17 His memory perishes from the earth, he has no name in the land. 18 He is driven from light into darkness and is banished from the world. 19 He has neither children nor descendants among his people, no survivor in those places he once stayed. 20 People of the west are appalled at his fate; people of the east are seized with horror, saying, 21 ‘Surely such is the residence of an evil man; and this is the place of one who has not known God.’”
  • Job 21:28-30 : 28 For you say,‘Where now is the nobleman’s house, and where are the tents in which the wicked lived?’ 29 Have you never questioned those who travel the roads? Do you not recognize their accounts– 30 that the evil man is spared from the day of his misfortune, that he is delivered from the day of God’s wrath?
  • Job 27:13-23 : 13 This is the portion of the wicked man allotted by God, the inheritance that evildoers receive from the Almighty. 14 If his children increase– it is for the sword! His offspring never have enough to eat. 15 Those who survive him are buried by the plague, and their widows do not mourn for them. 16 If he piles up silver like dust and stores up clothing like mounds of clay, 17 what he stores up a righteous man will wear, and an innocent man will inherit his silver. 18 The house he builds is as fragile as a moth’s cocoon, like a hut that a watchman has made. 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. 22 It hurls itself against him without pity as he flees headlong from its power. 23 It claps its hands at him in derision and hisses him away from his place.

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    7The wicked are overthrown and perish, but the righteous household will stand.

  • Prov 14:11
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    6Righteousness guards the one who lives with integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Prov 21:7
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    15Do not lie in wait like the wicked against the place where the righteous live; do not assault his home.

  • Prov 29:7
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    7The righteous person cares for the legal rights of the poor; the wicked does not understand such knowledge.

  • Job 22:18-19
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    18But it was he who filled their houses with good things– yet the counsel of the wicked was far from me.

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  • Prov 14:19
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    19Bad people have bowed before good people, and wicked people have bowed at the gates of someone righteous.

  • Prov 22:12
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    12The eyes of the LORD watched over a cause, and subverted the words of the treacherous person.

  • Ps 1:6
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    6Certainly the LORD guards the way of the godly, but the way of the wicked ends in destruction.

  • Prov 21:22
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    22A wise man went up against the city of the mighty and brought down the stronghold in which they trust.

  • Prov 12:5
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    5The plans of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

  • Prov 11:10-11
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    10When the righteous do well, the city rejoices; when the wicked perish, there is joy.

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    18The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the treacherous are taken in the place of the upright.

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    26The righteous person is cautious in his friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

  • Prov 21:29
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    29A wicked person has put on a bold face, but as for the upright, he establishes his ways.

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

  • Prov 11:5-6
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    5The righteousness of the blameless will make their way smooth, but the wicked will fall through their own wickedness.

    6The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, but the treacherous will be ensnared by their own desires.

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    29The way of the LORD is like a stronghold for the upright, but it is destruction to evildoers.

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

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    30that the evil man is spared from the day of his misfortune, that he is delivered from the day of God’s wrath?

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

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

  • Prov 21:11
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    11When a scorner is punished, the naive becomes wise; when a wise person is instructed, he gains knowledge.

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    32Evil men set an ambush for the godly and try to kill them.

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  • Prov 15:6
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    6In the house of the righteous is abundant wealth, but the income of the wicked will be ruined.

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    2A good person obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a person with wicked schemes.

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    12Evil men plot against the godly and viciously attack them.

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

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    31If the righteous are recompensed on earth, how much more the wicked sinner!

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    12When the righteous rejoice, great is the glory, but when the wicked rise to power, people are sought out.

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    32An evil person will be thrown down through his wickedness, but a righteous person takes refuge in his integrity.

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    3When the foundations are destroyed, what can the godly accomplish?”

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    3Is it not misfortune for the unjust, and disaster for those who work iniquity?

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    3The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.

  • Ps 52:6
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    6When the godly see this, they will be filled with awe, and will mock the evildoer, saying:

  • 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.

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    12The wicked person has desired the stronghold of the wicked, but the root of the righteous will yield fruit.

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

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    33The LORD’s curse is on the household of the wicked, but he blesses the home of the righteous.

  • Prov 10:25
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    25When the storm passes through, the wicked are swept away, but the righteous are an everlasting foundation.