He feeds on the barren and childless woman, and shows no kindness to the widow.
Proverbs 15:25 - Tree of Life Version Adonai tears down a proud man’s house, but He maintains the widow’s boundary. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: But he will establish the border of the widow. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The Lord tears down the house of the proud, but He makes secure the boundaries of the [consecrated] widow. American Standard Version (1901) Jehovah will root up the house of the proud; But he will establish the border of the widow. Common English Bible The LORD snatches away the arrogant one’s house, but he preserves the widow’s boundaries. Catholic Public Domain Version The Lord will demolish the house of the arrogant. And He will make firm the borders of the widow. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The Lord will destroy the house of the proud: and will strengthen the borders of the widow. |
He feeds on the barren and childless woman, and shows no kindness to the widow.
You saw—for You see trouble and grief, to take it in Your hand. The victim puts his trust in You— You are the helper of the orphan.
For though Adonai is exalted, yet He looks upon the lowly, but the haughty He knows from afar.
Adonai protects outsiders, upholds the fatherless and the widow, but thwarts the way of the wicked.
You love evil instead of good, lying rather than speaking right. Selah
The wicked are overthrown and are no more, but the household of the righteous will stand.
The house of the wicked will be demolished, but the tent of the upright will flourish.
Evil thoughts are an abomination to Adonai, but pleasant words are pure.
Do not move an ancient boundary stone, or encroach on fields of the fatherless,
Learn to do good, seek justice, relieve the oppressed, defend the orphan, plead for the widow.”
For the day of Adonai-Tzva’ot will be against anyone proud and haughty, against anyone lifted up—he will be humbled,
They grew fat and sleek. They also overlooked evil deeds. They do not uphold a cause— the cause of an orphan to prosper— nor do they defend the right of the poor.
But when his heart became haughty and his spirit hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne and stripped of his glory.
“You must not move your neighbor’s boundary marker that the first generations marked out, in the inheritance you will receive in the land Adonai your God is giving you to possess.
Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
Likewise, you younger ones, submit yourselves to the elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”