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Proverbs 15:25 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 15 · verse 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 context
23A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!
24The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
25The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.
26The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.
27He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- establishnâtsabto station, in various applicationsH5324 →
- destroynâçachto tear awayH5255 →
- bordergᵉbûwlproperly, a cordH1366 →
- housebayitha houseH1004 →
- proudgêʼehloftyH1343 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
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Note, 1. Those that are elevated God delights to abase, and commonly does it in the course of his providence: The proud, that magnify themselves, bid defiance to the God above them and trample on all about them, are such as God resists and will destroy, not them only, but their houses, which they are proud of and are…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary