Proverbs 21:12

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The Righteous One observes the house of the wicked; he casts the wicked down to ruin.

Cross References

Proverbs 14:11

The house of the wicked is destroyed, but the tent of the upright flourishes.

1 Corinthians 10:5

Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, and they were struck down in the wilderness.

Amos 4:11

I overthrew some of you as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a brand snatched from the fire; yet you did not return to me, says the Lord.

Proverbs 14:32

The wicked are overthrown by their evildoing, but the righteous find a refuge in their integrity.

Psalm 107:43

Let those who are wise pay attention to these things and consider the steadfast love of the Lord.

Psalm 52:5

But God will break you down forever; he will snatch and tear you from your tent; he will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah

Job 8:15

If one leans against its house, it will not stand; if one lays hold of it, it will not endure.

Job 5:3

I have seen fools taking root, but suddenly I cursed their dwelling.

Hosea 14:9

Those who are wise understand these things; those who are discerning know them. For the ways of the Lord are right, and the upright walk in them, but transgressors stumble in them.

Proverbs 13:6

Righteousness guards one whose way is upright, but sin overthrows the wicked.

Genesis 19:29

So it was that, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, God remembered Abraham and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot had settled.

Proverbs 29:16

When the wicked are in authority, transgression increases, but the righteous will look upon their downfall.