Devine Scripture

Proverbs 21:12

Proverbs chapter 21 · verse 12 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

The righteous man considereth the house of the wicked, Howthe wicked are overthrown to their ruin.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

The righteous man considereth the house of the wicked, Howthe wicked are overthrown to their ruin.

Context

v.11When the scoffer is punished, the simple is made wise; And when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.

v.12This passage

v.13Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, He also shall cry, but shall not be heard.

Cross references

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

  • Habakkuk 2:9

    Woe to him that getteth an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!

  • Hosea 14:9

    Who is wise, that he may understand these things? prudent, that he may know them? for the ways of Jehovah are right, and the just shall walk in them; but transgressors shall fall therein.

  • 2 Peter 2:4

    For if God spared not angels when they sinned, but cast them down to hell, and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

  • Amos 4:11

    I have overthrown cities among you, as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a brand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.

  • Psalms 37:35

    I have seen the wicked in great power, And spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.

  • Proverbs 14:32

    The wicked is thrust down in his evil-doing; But the righteous hath a refuge in his death.