Proverbs 15 · Verse 25

Proverbs 15:25

The Lord will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.
Proverbs 15:25, King James Version

Proverbs 15:25 in other translations

BSBThe LORD tears down the house of the proud, but He protects the boundaries of the widow.
WEBThe LORD will uproot the house of the proud, but he will keep the widow’s borders intact.
ASVJehovah will root up the house of the proud; But he will establish the border of the widow.
YLTThe house of the proud Jehovah pulleth down, And He setteth up the border of the widow.
DARBYJehovah plucketh up the house of the proud; but he establisheth the boundary of the widow.
BBEThe house of the man of pride will be uprooted by the Lord, but he will make safe the heritage of the widow.
WebsterThe LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.

What does Proverbs 15:25 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
25. The most desolate who have God's aid have more permanent good than the self-reliant sinner (Pr 2:22; 12:7). border--or, "boundary for possessions" (Psa 78:54).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 25 The house of the proud - Families of this description are seldom continued long. The Lord hates pride; and those that will not be humble he will destroy.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
Pride is the ruin of multitudes. But those who are in affliction God will support.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Proverbs 15:25 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.

בֵּ֣יתbeit[the] house ofH1004
גֵּ֭אִיםGe.'improud [people]H1343
יִסַּ֥ח\׀yi.Sachhe tears downH5255
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068
וְ֝יַצֵּ֗בve.ya.Tzevand he will establishH5324
גְּב֣וּלge.Vul[the] territory ofH1366
אַלְמָנָֽה\׃'al.ma.Naha widowH490

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

Cross references for Proverbs 15:25

  • Psalms 146:9

    The Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

  • Psalms 68:5-6

    A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation. God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

  • Deuteronomy 10:17-18

    For the Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward: He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.

  • Proverbs 14:11

    The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.

  • Proverbs 12:7

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

  • Proverbs 23:10

    Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:

  • Isaiah 2:12

    For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:

  • Daniel 5:20

    But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:

  • James 1:27

    Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

  • Job 40:11-13

    Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him. Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place. Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.

  • Psalms 138:6

    Though the Lord be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.

  • 1 Peter 5:5

    Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
destroy.
12:7; 14:11; Job 40:11-13; Ps 52:1,5; 138:6; Isa 2:12; Da 5:20
1Pe 5:5
but.
De 10:17,18; Ps 68:5,6; 146:9; Jas 1:27

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

Context

  • Proverbs 15:24

    The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.

  • Proverbs 15:25

    The Lord will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.

  • Proverbs 15:26

    The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.

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Proverbs 15:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Jehová asolará la casa de los soberbios: mas él afirmará el término de la viuda.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		L’ Éternel démolit la maison des orgueilleux, mais il rend ferme la borne de la veuve.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Das Haus der Hoffärtigen reißt Jehova nieder, aber der Witwe Grenze stellt er fest.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Domum superborum demolietur Dominus, et firmos faciet terminos viduæ.