Proverbs 21:12 - The Scriptures 1998

¹² The Righteous One observes the house of the wrong; He overthrows the wrong for their evil.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: But God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² The [uncompromisingly] righteous man considers well the house of the wicked–how the wicked are cast down to ruin.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² The righteous man considereth the house of the wicked, How the wicked are overthrown to their ruin.

Common English Bible

¹² The righteous one observes the house of the wicked, turning the wicked toward trouble.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² The just thinks carefully about the house of the impious, so that he may draw the impious away from evil.

Proverbs 21:12 Cross References

Genesis 19:29

Thus it came to be, when Elohim destroyed the cities of the plain, that Elohim remembered Aḇ

Job 5:3

I myself have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly his home was cursed.

Job 8:15

He leans on his house, but it does not stand. He holds it fast, but it does not last.

Psalm 107:43

Who is wise? Then let him observe these matters! Let them understand the kindnesses of יהוה.

Psalm 52:5

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Proverbs 13:6

Righteousness watches over him who is perfect in the way, But wrongness overthrows the sinner.

Proverbs 14:11

The house of the wrong is destroyed, But the tent of the straight flourishes.

Proverbs 14:32

By his own evildoing the wrong is thrust down, But the righteous has a refuge in his death.

Proverbs 29:16

When the wrong become many, transgression increases; But the righteous look on their fall.

Hosea 14:9

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.

Amos 4:11

“I have overthrown some of you, as Elohim overthrew Seḏ

1 Corinthians 10:5

However, with most of them Elohim was not well pleased, for they were laid low in the wilderness.