Proverbs 15:25

Bible in Basic English 1965

The house of the man of pride will be uprooted by the Lord, but he will make safe the heritage of the widow.

Cross References

Job 24:21

He is not kind to the widow, and he has no pity for her child.

Psalm 10:14

You have seen it; for your eyes are on sorrow and grief, to take it into your hand: the poor man puts his faith in you; you have been the helper of the child who has no father.

Psalm 138:6

Though the Lord is high, he sees those who are low; and he has knowledge from far off of those who are lifted up.

Psalm 146:9

The Lord takes care of those who are in a strange land; he gives help to the widow and to the child who has no father; but he sends destruction on the way of sinners.

Psalm 52:1

To the chief music-maker. Maschil. Of David. When Doeg the Edomite came to Saul saying, David has come to the house of Ahimelech. Why do you take pride in wrongdoing, lifting yourself up against the upright man all the day?

Psalm 52:5

But God will put an end to you for ever; driving you out from your tent, uprooting you from the land of the living. Selah.

Proverbs 12:7

Evil-doers are overturned and never seen again, but the house of upright men will keep its place.

Proverbs 14:11

The house of the sinner will be overturned, but the tent of the upright man will do well.

Proverbs 15:26

Evil designs are disgusting to the Lord, but the words of the clean-hearted are pleasing.

Proverbs 23:10

Do not let the landmark of the widow be moved, and do not go into the fields of those who have no father;

Isaiah 1:17

Take pleasure in well-doing; let your ways be upright, keep down the cruel, give a right decision for the child who has no father, see to the cause of the widow.

Isaiah 2:12

For the day of the Lord of armies is coming on all the pride of men, and on all who are high and lifted up;

Jeremiah 5:28

They have become fat and strong: they have gone far in works of evil: they give no support to the cause of the child without a father, so that they may do well; they do not see that the poor man gets his rights.

Daniel 5:20

But when his heart was lifted up and his spirit became hard with pride, he was put down from his place as king, and they took his glory from him:

Deuteronomy 19:14

Your neighbour's landmark, which was put in its place by the men of old times, is not to be moved or taken away in the land of your heritage which the Lord your God is giving you.

James 1:27

The religion which is holy and free from evil in the eyes of our God and Father is this: to take care of children who have no fathers and of widows who are in trouble, and to keep oneself untouched by the world.

1 Peter 5:5

And in the same way, let the younger men be ruled by the older ones. Let all of you put away pride and make yourselves ready to be servants: for God is a hater of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low.