Proverbs 15:25

New American Bible - revised edition

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

Cross References

Job 24:21

May his companion be barren, unable to give birth, may his widow not prosper!

Psalm 10:14

But you do see; you take note of misery and sorrow; you take the matter in hand. To you the helpless can entrust their cause; you are the defender of orphans.

Psalm 138:6

The Lord is on high, but cares for the lowly and knows the proud from afar.

Psalm 146:9

The Lord protects the resident alien, comes to the aid of the orphan and the widow, but thwarts the way of the wicked.

Psalm 52:1

For the leader. A maskil of David,

Psalm 52:5

You love evil more than good, lying rather than saying what is right. Selah

Proverbs 12:7

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

Proverbs 14:11

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

Proverbs 15:26

The schemes of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord, but gracious words are pure.

Proverbs 23:10

Do not remove the ancient landmark, nor invade the fields of the fatherless;

Isaiah 1:17

learn to do good. Make justice your aim: redress the wronged, hear the orphan’s plea, defend the widow.

Isaiah 2:12

For the Lord of hosts will have his day against all that is proud and arrogant, against all that is high, and it will be brought low;

Jeremiah 5:28

fat and sleek. They pass over wicked deeds; justice they do not defend By advancing the claim of the orphan or judging the cause of the poor.

Daniel 5:20

But when his heart became proud and his spirit hardened by insolence, he was put down from his royal throne and deprived of his glory;

Deuteronomy 19:14

You shall not move your neighbor’s boundary markers erected by your forebears in the heritage that will be allotted to you in the land the Lord, your God, is giving you to possess. False Witnesses.

James 1:27

Religion that is pure and undefiled before God and the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their affliction and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

1 Peter 5:5

Likewise, you younger members, be subject to the presbyters. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility in your dealings with one another, for: “God opposes the proud but bestows favor on the humble.”