Proverbs 12:7

New American Bible - revised edition

Overthrow the wicked and they are no more, but the house of the just stands firm.

Cross References

2 Samuel 7:16

Your house and your kingdom are firm forever before me; your throne shall be firmly established forever.

2 Samuel 7:26

so that your name may be forever great. People will say: ‘The Lord of hosts is God over Israel,’ when the house of your servant David is established in your presence.

Job 11:20

but the wicked, looking on, shall be consumed with envy. Escape shall be cut off from them, their only hope their last breath.

Job 34:25

Thus he discerns their works; overnight they are crushed.

Psalm 37:10

Wait a little, and the wicked will be no more; look for them and they will not be there.

Proverbs 10:25

When the tempest passes, the wicked are no more; but the just are established forever.

Proverbs 11:21

Be assured, the wicked shall not go unpunished, but the offspring of the just shall escape.

Proverbs 12:8

For their good sense people are praised, but the perverse of heart are despised.

Proverbs 14:1

Wisdom builds her house, but Folly tears hers down with her own hands.

Proverbs 14:11

The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.

Proverbs 15:25

The Lord pulls down the house of the proud, but preserves intact the widow’s landmark.