Proverbs 21:12

New Century Version

God, who is always right, watches the house of the wicked and brings ruin on every evil person.

Cross References

Genesis 19:29

God destroyed the cities in the valley, but he remembered what Abraham had asked. So God saved Lot’s life, but he destroyed the city where Lot had lived.

Job 5:3

I have seen a fool succeed, but I cursed his home immediately.

Job 8:15

They lean on the spider’s web, but it breaks. They grab it, but it does not hold up.

Psalm 107:43

Whoever is wise will remember these things and will think about the love of the Lord.

Psalm 52:5

But God will ruin you forever. He will grab you and throw you out of your tent; he will tear you away from the land of the living.Selah

Proverbs 13:6

Doing what is right protects the honest person, but doing evil ruins the sinner.

Proverbs 14:11

The wicked person’s house will be destroyed, but a good person’s tent will still be standing.

Proverbs 14:32

The wicked are ruined by their own evil, but those who do right are protected even in death.

Proverbs 29:16

When there are many wicked people, there is much sin, but those who do right will see them destroyed.

Hosea 14:9

A wise person will know these things, and an understanding person will take them to heart. The Lord’s ways are right. Good people live by following them, but those who turn against God die because of them.

Amos 4:11

“I destroyed some of you as I destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. You were like a burning stick pulled from a fire, but still you did not come back to me,” says the Lord.

1 Corinthians 10:5

But God was not pleased with most of them, so they died in the desert.