Proverbs 15:25

New English Translation

The Lord tears down the house of the proud, but he maintains the boundaries of the widow.

Cross References

Job 24:21

He preys on the barren and childless woman, and does not treat the widow well.

Psalm 10:14

You have taken notice, for you always see one who inflicts pain and suffering. The unfortunate victim entrusts his cause to you; you deliver the fatherless.

Psalm 138:6

Though the Lord is exalted, he takes note of the lowly, and recognizes the proud from far away.

Psalm 146:9

The Lord protects those residing outside their native land; he lifts up the fatherless and the widow, but he opposes the wicked.

Psalm 52:1

Why do you boast about your evil plans, O powerful man? God’s loyal love protects me all day long!

Psalm 52:5

Yet God will make you a permanent heap of ruins. He will scoop you up and remove you from your home; he will uproot you from the land of the living. (Selah)

Proverbs 12:7

The wicked are overthrown and perish, but the righteous household will stand.

Proverbs 14:11

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

Proverbs 15:26

The Lord abhors the plans of the wicked, but pleasant words are pure.

Proverbs 23:10

Do not move an ancient boundary stone, or take over the fields of the fatherless,

Isaiah 1:17

Learn to do what is right! Promote justice! Give the oppressed reason to celebrate! Take up the cause of the orphan! Defend the rights of the widow!

Isaiah 2:12

Indeed, the Lord who commands armies has planned a day of judgment, for all the high and mighty, for all who are proud – they will be humiliated;

Jeremiah 5:28

That is how they have grown fat and sleek. There is no limit to the evil things they do. They do not plead the cause of the fatherless in such a way as to win it. They do not defend the rights of the poor.

Daniel 5:20

And when his mind became arrogant and his spirit filled with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne and his honor was removed from him.

Deuteronomy 19:14

You must not encroach on your neighbor’s property, which will have been defined in the inheritance you will obtain in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

James 1:27

Pure and undefiled religion before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their misfortune and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

1 Peter 5:5

In the same way, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.