Proverbs 21:12
What does Proverbs 21:12 mean?
A plain-English look at Proverbs 21:12 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000The righteous man considereth the house of the wicked, Howthe wicked are overthrown to their ruin.
KJV
King James Version · 1611The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901The righteous man considereth the house of the wicked, Howthe wicked are overthrown to their ruin.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The Upright One, looking on the house of the evil-doer, lets sinners be overturned to their destruction.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862The Righteous One is acting wisely Towards the house of the wicked, He is overthrowing the wicked for wickedness.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752The just considereth seriously the house of the wicked, that he may withdraw the wicked from evil.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890One that is righteous wisely considereth the house of the wicked: he overthroweth the wicked to [their] ruin.
Context
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.
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