It happened, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Avraham, and sent Lot out of the middle of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot lived.
Proverbs 21:12 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, and 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. |
It happened, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Avraham, and sent Lot out of the middle of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot lived.
I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
He shall lean on his house, but it shall not stand. He shall cling to it, but it shall not endure.
Whoever is wise will pay attention to these things. They will consider the loving kindnesses of the LORD.
God will likewise destroy you forever. He will take you up, and pluck you out of your tent, and root you out of the land of the living. Selah.
Righteousness guards the way of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.
The house of the wicked will be overthrown, but the tent of the upright will flourish.
The wicked is brought down in his calamity, but in death, the righteous has a refuge.
When the wicked increase, sin increases; but the righteous will see their downfall.
Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them; But the rebellious stumble in them.
*I have overthrown some of you, as when God overthrew Sedom and `Amorah, and you were like a burning stick plucked out of the fire; yet you haven't returned to me,* says the LORD.
However with most of them, God was not well pleased, for they were overthrown in the wilderness.