Proverbs 10 · Verse 25

Proverbs 10:25

As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
Proverbs 10:25, King James Version

Proverbs 10:25 in other translations

BSBWhen the whirlwind passes, the wicked are no more, but the righteous are secure forever.
WEBWhen the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more; but the righteous stand firm forever.
ASVWhen the whirlwind passeth, the wicked is no more; But the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
YLTAs the passing by of a hurricane, So the wicked is not, And the righteous is a foundation age-during.
DARBYAs a whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more; but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
BBEWhen the storm-wind is past, the sinner is seen no longer, but the upright man is safe for ever.
WebsterAs the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.

What does Proverbs 10:25 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
25. (Compare Psa 1:4; 37:9, 10, 36). righteous ... foundation--well laid and firm (Mt 7:24, 25).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 25 As the whirlwind passeth - As tornadoes that sweep every thing away before them; so shall the wrath of God sweep away the wicked; it shall leave him neither branch nor root. But the righteous, being built on the eternal foundation, יסוד עולם yesod olam, shall never be shaken.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
The course of prosperous sinners is like a whirlwind, which soon spends itself, and is gone.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Proverbs 10:25 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כַּעֲב֣וֹרka.'a.Vorwhen passes byH5674
ס֭וּפָהSu.faha storm-windH5492
וְאֵ֣יןve.'Einand there notH369
רָשָׁ֑עra.Sha'[is the] wickedH7563
וְ֝צַדִּ֗יקve.tza.Dikand a righteous [person]H6662
יְס֣וֹדye.Sod[is] a foundation ofH3247
עוֹלָֽם\׃o.LamperpetuityH5769

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Proverbs 10:25

  • Psalms 15:5

    He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.

  • Psalms 58:9

    Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.

  • Proverbs 12:3

    A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

  • Matthew 7:24-27

    Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

  • Ephesians 2:20

    And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;

  • Matthew 16:18

    And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

  • 2 Timothy 2:19

    Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.

  • Proverbs 1:27

    When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.

  • 1 Timothy 6:19

    Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.

  • Proverbs 12:7

    The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.

  • Job 21:18

    They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.

  • Isaiah 40:24

    Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the whirlwind.
1:27; Job 27:19-21; Ps 37:9,10; 58:9; 73:18-20; Isa 40:24
an.
30; Ps 15:5; Mt 7:24,25; 16:18; Eph 2:20; 1Ti 6:19; 2Ti 2:19

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Proverbs 10:24

    The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

  • Proverbs 10:25

    As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.

  • Proverbs 10:26

    As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.

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Proverbs 10:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Como pasa el torbellino, así el malo no permanece: mas el justo, fundado para siempre.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Comme passe le tourbillon, ainsi le méchant n’est plus; mais le juste est un fondement pour toujours.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Wie ein Sturmwind daherfährt, so ist der Gesetzlose nicht mehr; aber der Gerechte ist ein ewig fester Grund.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Quasi tempestas transiens non erit impius; justus autem quasi fundamentum sempiternum.