Proverbs 15:25

The Message

God smashes the pretensions of the arrogant; he stands with those who have no standing.

Cross References

Psalm 10:14

But you know all about it— the contempt, the abuse. I dare to believe that the luckless will get lucky someday in you. You won’t let them down: orphans won’t be orphans forever.

Psalm 52:1

Why do you brag of evil, “Big Man”? God’s mercy carries the day. You scheme catastrophe; your tongue cuts razor-sharp, artisan in lies. You love evil more than good, you call black white. You love malicious gossip, you foul-mouth.

Psalm 52:5

God will tear you limb from limb, sweep you up and throw you out, Pull you up by the roots from the land of life.

Proverbs 12:7

Wicked people fall to pieces—there’s nothing to them; the homes of good people hold together.

Proverbs 14:11

Lives of careless wrongdoing are run-down shacks; holy living builds soaring cathedrals.

Proverbs 15:26

God can’t stand evil scheming, but he puts words of grace and beauty on display.

Proverbs 23:10

Don’t stealthily move back the boundary lines or cheat orphans out of their property, For they have a powerful Advocate who will go to bat for them.

Deuteronomy 19:14

Don’t move your neighbor’s boundary markers, the longstanding landmarks set up by your pioneer ancestors defining their property. * * *