Proverbs 12:7 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁷The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.

Proverbs 12:7 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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: …
Proverbs 11:21
Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
Proverbs 10:25
As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
Job 5:3-4
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation. …
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.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 7)

We are here taught as before (Prov. 12:3; Prov. 10:25, 30), 1. That the triumphing of the wicked is short. They may be exalted for a while, but in a little time they are overthrown and are not; their trouble proves their overthrow, and those who made a great show disappear, and their place knows them no more. Turn the wicked, and they are not; they stand in such a slippery place that the least tou…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 7)

7. Such conduct brings a proper return, by the destruction of the wicked and well-being of the righteous and his family.