So it was, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, he remembered Abraham and brought Lot out of the middle of the upheaval when he demolished the cities where Lot had lived.
Proverbs 21:12 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked; he brings the wicked to 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. |
So it was, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, he remembered Abraham and brought Lot out of the middle of the upheaval when he demolished the cities where Lot had lived.
I have seen a fool taking root, but I immediately pronounced a curse on his home.
He leans on his web, but it doesn’t stand firm. He grabs it, but it does not hold up.
Righteousness guards people of integrity, but wickedness undermines the sinner.
The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.
The wicked one is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous one has a refuge in his death.
When the wicked increase, rebellion increases, but the righteous will see their downfall.
Let whoever is wise understand these things, and whoever is insightful recognise them. For the ways of the Lord are right, and the righteous walk in them, but the rebellious stumble in them.
I overthrew some of you as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a burning stick snatched from a fire, yet you did not return to me – This is the Lord’s declaration.
Nevertheless God was not pleased with most of them, since they were struck down in the wilderness.