Proverbs 15:25

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Proverbs 15:23–27 · Berean Standard Bible

23 A man takes joy in a fitting reply— and how good is a timely word!

24 The path of life leads upward for the wise, that he may avoid going down to Sheol.

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

26 The LORD detests the thoughts of the wicked, but the words of the pure are pleasant to Him.

27 He who is greedy for unjust gain brings trouble on his household, but he who hates bribes will live.

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Proverbs 12:7

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

Proverbs 14:11

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

Job 40:11

Unleash the fury of your wrath; look on every proud man and bring him low.

Job 40:12

Look on every proud man and humble him; trample the wicked where they stand.

Job 40:13

Bury them together in the dust; imprison them in the grave.

Psalms 52:1

Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long.

Psalms 52:5

Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah

Psalms 138:6

Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.

Isaiah 2:12

For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted— it will be humbled—

Daniel 5:20

But when his heart became arrogant and his spirit was hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne, and his glory was taken from him.

1 Peter 5:5

Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

Deuteronomy 10:17

For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awesome God, showing no partiality and accepting no bribe.

Deuteronomy 10:18

He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.

Psalms 68:5

A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in His holy habitation.

Psalms 68:6

God settles the lonely in families; He leads the prisoners out to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.

Psalms 146:9

The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.

James 1:27

Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.