And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the Plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot dwelt.
Proverbs 21:12 - American Standard Version 2015 The righteous man considereth the house of the wicked,\par\tab {\i How} the wicked are overthrown to {\i their} ruin. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: But God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The [uncompromisingly] righteous man considers well the house of the wicked–how the wicked are cast down to ruin. American Standard Version (1901) The righteous man considereth the house of the wicked, How the wicked are overthrown to their ruin. Common English Bible The righteous one observes the house of the wicked, turning the wicked toward trouble. Catholic Public Domain Version The just thinks carefully about the house of the impious, so that he may draw the impious away from evil. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The just considereth seriously the house of the wicked, that he may withdraw the wicked from evil. |
And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the Plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot dwelt.
I have seen the foolish taking root:\par\tab But suddenly I cursed his habitation.
He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand:\par\tab He shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure.
Whoso is wise will give heed to these things;\par\tab And they will consider the lovingkindnesses of Jehovah.
God will likewise destroy thee for ever;\par\tab He will take thee up, and pluck thee out of thy tent,\par\tab And root thee out of the land of the living. {\i Selah
Righteousness guardeth him that is upright in the way;\par\tab But wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
The house of the wicked shall be overthrown;\par\tab But the tent of the upright shall flourish.
The wicked is thrust down in his evil-doing;\par\tab But the righteous hath a refuge in his death.
When the wicked are increased, transgression increaseth;\par\tab But the righteous shall look upon their fall.
Who is wise, that he may understand these things? prudent, that he may know them? for the ways of Jehovah are right, and the just shall walk in them; but transgressors shall fall therein.\par
I have overthrown {\i cities} among you, as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a brand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.\par
Howbeit with most of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.