Overthrow wicked people, and they are no more, but the families of righteous people continue to stand.
Your royal house will remain in my presence forever. Your throne will be established forever.’ ”
Your name will be respected forever when ⌞people⌟ say, ‘The Lord of Armies is God over Israel.’ And the house of your servant David will be established in your presence.
The king commanded this, issuing a decree in Susa. And so they hung Haman’s ten sons ⌞on poles⌟.
But the wicked will lose their eyesight. Their escape route will be closed. Their only hope is to take their last breath.”
He knows what they do, so he overthrows them at night, and they’re crushed.
In a little while a wicked person will vanish. Then you can carefully examine where he was, but there will be no trace of him.
When the storm has passed, the wicked person has vanished, but the righteous person has an everlasting foundation.
Certainly, an evil person will not go unpunished, but the descendants of righteous people will escape.
A person will be praised based on his insight, but whoever has a twisted mind will be despised.
The wisest of women builds up her home, but a stupid one tears it down with her own hands.
The houses of wicked people will be destroyed, but the tents of decent people will continue to expand.
The Lord tears down the house of an arrogant person, but he protects the property of widows.