Proverbs 15:25

New International Version

The Lord tears down the house of the proud, but he sets the widow’s boundary stones in place.

Cross References

Job 24:21

They prey on the barren and childless woman, and to the widow they show no kindness.

Psalm 10:14

But you, God, see the trouble of the afflicted; you consider their grief and take it in hand. The victims commit themselves to you; you are the helper of the fatherless.

Psalm 138:6

Though the Lord is exalted, he looks kindly on the lowly; though lofty, he sees them from afar.

Psalm 146:9

The Lord watches over the foreigner and sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.

Psalm 52:1

Why do you boast of evil, you mighty hero? Why do you boast all day long, you who are a disgrace in the eyes of God?

Psalm 52:5

Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin: He will snatch you up and pluck you from your tent; he will uproot you from the land of the living.

Proverbs 12:7

The wicked are overthrown and are no more, but the house of the righteous 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 Lord detests the thoughts of the wicked, but gracious words are pure in his sight.

Proverbs 23:10

Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,

Isaiah 1:17

Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow.

Isaiah 2:12

The Lord Almighty has a day in store for all the proud and lofty, for all that is exalted (and they will be humbled),

Jeremiah 5:28

and have grown fat and sleek. Their evil deeds have no limit; they do not seek justice. They do not promote the case of the fatherless; they do not defend the just cause of the poor.

Daniel 5:20

But when his heart became arrogant and hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne and stripped of his glory.

Deuteronomy 19:14

Do not move your neighbor’s boundary stone set up by your predecessors in the inheritance you receive in the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess.

James 1:27

Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

1 Peter 5:5

In the same way, you who are younger, submit yourselves to your elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.”