Proverbs 15:25
“The Lord will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.”
A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!
The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
The Lord will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.
The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.
He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
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Cross-References
“The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.”
“Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:”
“The Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.”
“The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.”
“A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.”