Devine Scripture

Proverbs 15:25

Proverbs chapter 15 · verse 25 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Jehovah will root up the house of the proud; But he will establish the border of the widow.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

The Lord will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Jehovah will root up the house of the proud; But he will establish the border of the widow.

Context

v.24To the wise the way of lifegoethupward, That he may depart from Sheol beneath.

v.25This passage

v.26Evil devices are an abomination to Jehovah; But pleasant wordsarepure.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 138:6

    For though Jehovah is high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly; But the haughty he knoweth from afar.

  • Isaiah 2:12

    For there shall be a day of Jehovah of hosts upon all that is proud and haughty, and upon all that is lifted up; and it shall be brought low;

  • Deuteronomy 19:14

    Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor’s landmark, which they of old time have set, in thine inheritance which thou shalt inherit, in the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess it.

  • Psalms 146:9

    Jehovah preserveth the sojourners; He upholdeth the fatherless and widow; But the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

  • 1 Peter 5:5

    Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. Yea, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to serve one another: for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.

  • Proverbs 14:11

    The house of the wicked shall be overthrown; But the tent of the upright shall flourish.