And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.
Proverbs 21:12 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness. Flere versionerKing 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. |
And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.
He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the loving-kindness of the Lord.
God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.
Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the Lord are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomor´rah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.
But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.