Thus it came to be, when Elohim destroyed the cities of the plain, that Elohim remembered Aḇraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when He overthrew the cities in which Lot had dwelt.
Proverbs 21:12 - The Scriptures 2009 The righteous one understands the house of the wrong; He overthrows the wrong for their evil. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: But God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The [uncompromisingly] righteous man considers well the house of the wicked–how the wicked are cast down to ruin. American Standard Version (1901) The righteous man considereth the house of the wicked, How the wicked are overthrown to their ruin. Common English Bible The righteous one observes the house of the wicked, turning the wicked toward trouble. Catholic Public Domain Version The just thinks carefully about the house of the impious, so that he may draw the impious away from evil. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The just considereth seriously the house of the wicked, that he may withdraw the wicked from evil. |
Thus it came to be, when Elohim destroyed the cities of the plain, that Elohim remembered Aḇraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when He overthrew the cities in which Lot had dwelt.
I myself have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly his home was cursed.
He leans on his house, but it does not stand. He holds it fast, but it does not last.
Who is wise? Then let him observe these matters! Let them understand the loving-commitments of יהוה.
Let Ěl also break you down forever, Take you and pluck you out of your tent. And He shall uproot you From the land of the living. Selah.
Righteousness watches over him who is perfect in the way, But wrongness overthrows the sinner.
The house of the wrong is destroyed, But the tent of the straight flourishes.
By his own evildoing the wrong is thrust down, But the righteous has a refuge in his death.
When the wrong become many, transgression increases; But the righteous look on their fall.
Who is wise and understands these words, discerning and knows them? For the ways of יהוה are straight, and the righteous walk in them, but the transgressors stumble in them.
“I have overthrown some of you, as Elohim overthrew Seḏom and Amorah, and you were like a burning stick plucked from the burning. But you did not turn back to Me,” declares יהוה.
However, with most of them Elohim was not well pleased, for they were laid low in the wilderness.