Now when God destroyed the cities of that country, remembering Abraham, he delivered Lot out of the destruction of the cities wherein he had dwelt.
Proverbs 21:12 - 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. 更多版本King 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. English Standard Version 2016 The Righteous One observes the house of the wicked; he throws the wicked down to ruin. |
Now when God destroyed the cities of that country, remembering Abraham, he delivered Lot out of the destruction of the cities wherein he had dwelt.
He shall lean upon his house, and it shall not stand. He shall prop it up, and it shall not rise.
Shall not all the workers of iniquity know, who eat up my people as they eat bread?
The house of the wicked shall be destroyed: but the tabernacles of the just shall flourish.
The wicked man shall be driven out in his wickedness: but the just hath hope in his death.
When the wicked are multiplied, crimes shall be multiplied: but the just shall see their downfall.
Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I will hear him, and I will make him flourish like a green fir tree: from me is thy fruit found.
I destroyed some of you, as God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrha, and you were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet you returned not to me, saith the Lord.
But with most of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the desert.