Proverbs 12:7

Proverbs 12:7 in other translations

What does Proverbs 12:7 mean?

Proverbs 12:7 in the original Hebrew

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Cross references for Proverbs 12:7

• 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.

• Proverbs 10:25

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

• Proverbs 11:21

  Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

• Job 27:18-23

  He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh. The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not. Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night. The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place. …

• 2 Samuel 7:26

  And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The Lord of hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee.

• Job 5:3-4

  I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation. His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.

• Job 11:20

  But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.

• Job 18:15-20

  It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation. His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off. His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street. He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world. …

• Esther 9:14

  And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman’s ten sons.

• 2 Samuel 7:16

  And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.

• Psalms 37:10

  For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.

• Esther 9:6-10

  And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men. And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha, And Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha, And Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vajezatha, …

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Context

• Proverbs 12:6

  The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

• Proverbs 12:7

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

• Proverbs 12:8

  A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.

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