Proverbs 12:7

World English Bible (2000)

The wicked are overthrown, and are no more, but the house of the righteous shall stand.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 10:25 : 25 When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more; but the righteous stand firm forever.
  • Prov 11:21 : 21 Most certainly, the evil man will not be unpunished, but the seed of the righteous will be delivered.
  • Matt 7:24-27 : 24 "Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock. 25 The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it didn't fall, for it was founded on the rock. 26 Everyone who hears these words of mine, and doesn't do them will be like a foolish man, who built his house on the sand. 27 The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it fell--and great was its fall."
  • Prov 14:1 : 1 Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.
  • Prov 14:11 : 11 The house of the wicked will be overthrown, but the tent of the upright will flourish.
  • Prov 15:25 : 25 Yahweh will uproot the house of the proud, but he will keep the widow's borders intact.
  • Prov 24:3-4 : 3 Through wisdom a house is built; by understanding it is established; 4 by knowledge the rooms are filled with all rare and beautiful treasure.
  • 2 Sam 7:16 : 16 Your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before you. Your throne shall be established forever."'"
  • 2 Sam 7:26 : 26 Let your name be magnified forever, saying, 'Yahweh of Armies is God over Israel; and the house of your servant David shall be established before you.'
  • Esth 9:6-9 : 6 In the citadel of Susa, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men. 7 They killed Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha, 8 Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha, 9 Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha, 10 the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Jew's enemy, but they didn't lay their hand on the plunder.
  • Esth 9:14 : 14 The king commanded this to be done. A decree was given out in Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.
  • Job 5:3-4 : 3 I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation. 4 His children are far from safety. They are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them,
  • Job 11:20 : 20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail. They shall have no way to flee. Their hope shall be the giving up of the spirit."
  • Job 18:15-20 : 15 There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his. Sulfur shall be scattered on his habitation. 16 His roots shall be dried up beneath. Above shall his branch be cut off. 17 His memory shall perish from the earth. He shall have no name in the street. 18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world. 19 He shall have neither son nor grandson among his people, nor any remaining where he lived. 20 Those who come after shall be astonished at his day, as those who went before were frightened.
  • Job 27:18-23 : 18 He builds his house as the moth, as a booth which the watchman makes. 19 He lies down rich, but he shall not do so again. He opens his eyes, and he is not. 20 Terrors overtake him like waters. A storm steals him away in the night. 21 The east wind carries him away, and he departs. It sweeps him out of his place. 22 For it hurls at him, and does not spare, as he flees away from his hand. 23 Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
  • Job 34:25 : 25 Therefore he takes knowledge of their works. He overturns them in the night, so that they are destroyed.
  • Ps 37:10 : 10 For yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more. Yes, though you look for his place, he isn't there.
  • Ps 37:35-37 : 35 I have seen the wicked in great power, spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil. 36 But he passed away, and behold, he was not. Yes, I sought him, but he could not be found. 37 Mark the perfect man, and see the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace.
  • Ps 73:18-19 : 18 Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction. 19 How they are suddenly destroyed! They are completely swept away with terrors.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 21:12
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    12The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, and brings the wicked to ruin.

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

  • Prov 10:29-30
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    29The way of Yahweh is a stronghold to the upright, but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

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

  • Prov 13:6
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    6Righteousness guards the way of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Prov 12:3
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    3A man shall not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

  • Prov 10:25
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    25When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more; but the righteous stand firm forever.

  • Ps 1:4-6
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    4The wicked are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.

    5Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

    6For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.

  • Ps 37:16-17
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    77%

    16Better is a little that the righteous has, than the abundance of many wicked.

    17For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but Yahweh upholds the righteous.

  • Prov 12:5-6
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    77%

    5The thoughts of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.

    6The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.

  • Prov 24:15-16
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    77%

    15Don't lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Don't destroy his resting place:

    16for a righteous man falls seven times, and rises up again; but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.

  • Prov 11:5-8
    4 verses
    77%

    5The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

    6The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires.

    7When a wicked man dies, hope perishes, and expectation of power comes to nothing.

    8A righteous person is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked takes his place.

  • Prov 12:21
    77%

    21No mischief shall happen to the righteous, but the wicked shall be filled with evil.

  • Prov 21:7
    76%

    7The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right.

  • Prov 2:22
    76%

    22But the wicked will be cut off from the land. The treacherous will be rooted out of it.

  • Ps 37:10
    76%

    10For yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more. Yes, though you look for his place, he isn't there.

  • Prov 14:32
    76%

    32The wicked is brought down in his calamity, but in death, the righteous has a refuge.

  • Prov 14:19
    76%

    19The evil bow down before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

  • Prov 12:26
    75%

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

  • Prov 11:3
    75%

    3The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.

  • Prov 15:6
    74%

    6In the house of the righteous is much treasure, but the income of the wicked brings trouble.

  • Prov 29:16
    74%

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

  • Prov 28:28
    74%

    28When the wicked rise, men hide themselves; but when they perish, the righteous thrive.

  • Ps 92:7
    74%

    7though the wicked spring up as the grass, and all the evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever.

  • Ps 36:12
    74%

    12There the workers of iniquity are fallen. They are thrust down, and shall not be able to rise. By David.

  • Ps 37:38
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    38As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together. The future of the wicked shall be cut off.

  • Prov 12:12
    74%

    12The wicked desires the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.

  • Ps 7:9
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    9Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God.

  • Ps 112:6
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    6For he will never be shaken. The righteous will be remembered forever.

  • Prov 11:10-11
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    74%

    10When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices. When the wicked perish, there is shouting.

    11By the blessing of the upright, the city is exalted, but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

  • Ps 37:32
    73%

    32The wicked watches the righteous, and seeks to kill him.

  • Ps 125:3
    73%

    3For the scepter of wickedness won't remain over the allotment of the righteous; so that the righteous won't use their hands to do evil.

  • Prov 10:3
    73%

    3Yahweh will not allow the soul of the righteous to go hungry, but he thrusts away the desire of the wicked.

  • Ps 34:21
    73%

    21Evil shall kill the wicked. Those who hate the righteous shall be condemned.

  • Prov 3:33
    73%

    33Yahweh's curse is in the house of the wicked, but he blesses the habitation of the righteous.

  • Ps 11:3
    73%

    3If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?

  • Ps 140:11
    73%

    11An evil speaker won't be established in the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

  • Prov 10:7
    73%

    7The memory of the righteous is blessed, but the name of the wicked will rot.

  • Job 22:18
    73%

    18Yet he filled their houses with good things, but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

  • Ps 112:3
    72%

    3Wealth and riches are in his house. His righteousness endures forever.

  • Prov 28:1
    72%

    1The wicked flee when no one pursues; but the righteous are as bold as a lion.