And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure for ever before me; your throne shall be established for ever.’ ”
Proverbs 12:7 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) The wicked are overthrown and are no more, but the house of the righteous will stand. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The wicked are overthrown, and are not: But the house of the righteous shall stand. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The wicked are overthrown and are not, but the house of the [uncompromisingly] righteous shall stand. American Standard Version (1901) The wicked are overthrown, and are not; But the house of the righteous shall stand. Common English Bible The wicked are destroyed and are no more, but the family of the righteous will endure. Catholic Public Domain Version Turn from the impious, and they will not be. But the house of the just shall stand firm. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Turn the wicked, and they shall not be: but the house of the just shall stand firm. |
And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure for ever before me; your throne shall be established for ever.’ ”
and thy name will be magnified for ever, saying, ‘The Lord of hosts is God over Israel,’ and the house of thy servant David will be established before thee.
So the king commanded this to be done; a decree was issued in Susa, and the ten sons of Haman were hanged.
But the eyes of the wicked will fail; all way of escape will be lost to them, and their hope is to breathe their last.”
Thus, knowing their works, he overturns them in the night, and they are crushed.
Yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look well at his place, he will not be there.
When the tempest passes, the wicked is no more, but the righteous is established for ever.
Be assured, an evil man will not go unpunished, but those who are righteous will be delivered.
A man is commended according to his good sense, but one of perverse mind is despised.
The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.
The Lord tears down the house of the proud, but maintains the widow's boundaries.