Proverbs 12:7

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Proverbs 12:5–9 · Berean Standard Bible

5 The plans of the righteous are just, but the counsel of the wicked leads to deceit.

6 The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.

7 The wicked are overthrown and perish, but the house of the righteous will stand.

8 A man is praised according to his wisdom, but a twisted mind is despised.

9 Better to be lightly esteemed yet have a servant, than to be self-important but lack food.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Proverbs 11:21

Be assured that the wicked will not go unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will escape.

Proverbs 14:11

The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.

Proverbs 15:25

The LORD tears down the house of the proud, but He protects the boundaries of the widow.

Esther 9:6

In the citadel of Susa, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men,

Esther 9:7

including Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,

Esther 9:8

Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,

Esther 9:9

Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha.

Esther 9:10

They killed these ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.

Esther 9:14

So the king commanded that this be done. An edict was issued in Susa, and they hanged the ten sons of Haman.

Job 5:3

I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.

Job 5:4

His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.

Job 11:20

But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; they will hope for their last breath.”

Job 18:15

Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.

Job 18:16

The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.

Job 18:17

The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land.

Job 18:18

He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.

Job 18:19

He has no offspring or posterity among his people, no survivor where he once lived.

Job 18:20

Those in the west are appalled at his fate, while those in the east tremble in horror.

Job 27:18

The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut set up by a watchman.

Job 27:19

He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.

Job 27:20

Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest sweeps him away in the night.

Job 27:21

The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.

Job 27:22

It hurls itself against him without mercy as he flees headlong from its power.

Job 27:23

It claps its hands at him and hisses him out of his place.

Psalms 37:10

Yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found.

Psalms 37:35

I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,

Psalms 37:36

yet he passed away and was no more; though I searched, he could not be found.

Psalms 37:37

Consider the blameless and observe the upright, for posterity awaits the man of peace.

Psalms 73:18

Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.

Psalms 73:19

How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!

Proverbs 14:1

Every wise woman builds her house, but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands.

Proverbs 24:3

By wisdom a house is built and by understanding it is established;

Proverbs 24:4

through knowledge its rooms are filled with every precious and beautiful treasure.

2 Samuel 7:16

Your house and kingdom will endure forever before Me, and your throne will be established forever.”

2 Samuel 7:26

so that Your name will be magnified forever when it is said, ‘The LORD of Hosts is God over Israel.’ And the house of Your servant David will be established before You.

Matthew 7:24

Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

Matthew 7:25

The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because its foundation was on the rock.

Matthew 7:26

But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.

Matthew 7:27

The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its collapse!”