So it was that, when God destroyed the cities of the valley, God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot dwelt.
Proverbs 21:12 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) The righteous observes the house of the wicked; the wicked are cast down to ruin. 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. |
So it was that, when God destroyed the cities of the valley, God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot dwelt.
He leans against his house, but it does not stand; he lays hold of it, but it does not endure.
Whoever is wise, let him give heed to these things; let men consider the steadfast love of the Lord.
But God will break you down for ever; he will snatch and tear you from your tent; he will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
Righteousness guards him whose way is upright, but sin overthrows the wicked.
The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.
The wicked is overthrown through his evil-doing, but the righteous finds refuge through his integrity.
When the wicked are in authority, transgression increases; but the righteous will look upon their downfall.
Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them; for the ways of the Lord are right, and the upright walk in them, but transgressors stumble in them.
“I overthrew some of you, as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were as a brand plucked out of the burning; yet you did not return to me,” says the Lord.
Nevertheless with most of them God was not pleased; for they were overthrown in the wilderness.