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the Week of Proper 22 / Ordinary 27
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New Living Translation

Proverbs 21:12

The Righteous One knows what is going on in the homes of the wicked; he will bring disaster on them.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Wicked (People);   The Topic Concordance - Righteousness;   Wickedness;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Pardon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - How;   Ruin;  

Parallel Translations

Legacy Standard Bible
The righteous one considers the house of the wicked,Turning the wicked to ruin.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The righteous one considers the house of the wicked, Turning the wicked to ruin.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The righteous man wysely considereth the house of the wicked, and for their wickednesse [God] ouerthroweth the vngodly.
Darby Translation
One that is righteous wisely considereth the house of the wicked: he overthroweth the wicked to [their] ruin.
New King James Version
The righteous God wisely considers the house of the wicked, Overthrowing the wicked for their wickedness.
Literal Translation
The Righteous One wisely considers the house of the wicked: He overthrows the wicked for his evil.
Easy-to-Read Version
God is good. He knows what the wicked are doing, and he will punish them.
World English Bible
The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, And brings the wicked to ruin.
King James Version (1611)
The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God ouerthroweth the wicked for their wickednesse.
King James Version
The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The rightuous enfourmeth the house of the vngodly, but ye vngodly go on still after their owne wickednesse.
THE MESSAGE
A God-loyal person will see right through the wicked and undo the evil they've planned.
Amplified Bible
The righteous one keeps an eye on the house of the wicked— How the wicked are cast down to ruin.
American Standard Version
The righteous man considereth the house of the wicked, How the wicked are overthrown to their ruin.
Bible in Basic English
The Upright One, looking on the house of the evil-doer, lets sinners be overturned to their destruction.
Update Bible Version
The righteous man considers the house of the wicked, [How] the wicked are overthrown to [their] ruin.
Webster's Bible Translation
The righteous [man] wisely considereth the house of the wicked: [but God] overthroweth the wicked for [their] wickedness.
New English Translation
The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked; he overthrows the wicked to their ruin.
Contemporary English Version
God is always fair! He knows what the wicked do and will punish them.
Complete Jewish Bible
The Righteous One observes the house of the wicked; he overthrows the wicked to their ruin.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The righteous teacheth the house of the wicked: but God ouerthroweth the wicked for their euill.
George Lamsa Translation
The righteous man wisely understands the hearts of the wicked; and he overthrows the wicked into mischief.
Hebrew Names Version
The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, And brings the wicked to ruin.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The Righteous One considereth the house of the wicked; overthrowing the wicked to their ruin.
New Life Bible
The One Who is right and good thinks about the house of the sinful, and the sinful are thrown down to be destroyed.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
A righteous man understands the hearts of the ungodly: and despises the ungodly for their wickedness.
English Revised Version
The righteous man considereth the house of the wicked; how the wicked are overthrown to their ruin.
Berean Standard Bible
The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked; He brings the wicked to ruin.
New Revised Standard
The Righteous One observes the house of the wicked; he casts the wicked down to ruin.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The Righteous One observeth the house of the lawless, - He is ready to cast down lawless men into misfortune.
Douay-Rheims Bible
The just considereth seriously the house of the wicked, that he may withdraw the wicked from evil.
Lexham English Bible
The righteous observes the house of the wicked; he throws the wicked to ruin.
English Standard Version
The Righteous One observes the house of the wicked; he throws the wicked down to ruin.
New American Standard Bible
The righteous one considers the house of the wicked, Bringing the wicked to ruin.
New Century Version
God, who is always right, watches the house of the wicked and brings ruin on every evil person.
Good News Translation
God, the righteous one, knows what goes on in the homes of the wicked, and he will bring the wicked down to ruin.
Christian Standard Bible®
The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked; He brings the wicked to ruin.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
A iust man of the hous of a wickid man thenkith, to withdrawe wickid men fro yuel.
Revised Standard Version
The righteous observes the house of the wicked; the wicked are cast down to ruin.
Young's Literal Translation
The Righteous One is acting wisely Towards the house of the wicked, He is overthrowing the wicked for wickedness.

Contextual Overview

12 The Righteous One knows what is going on in the homes of the wicked; he will bring disaster on them.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

wisely: Job 5:3, Job 8:15, Job 18:14-21, Job 21:28-30, Job 27:13-23, Psalms 37:35, Psalms 37:36, Psalms 52:5, Psalms 107:43, Hosea 14:9, Habakkuk 2:9-12

overthroweth: Proverbs 11:3-5, Proverbs 13:6, Proverbs 14:32, Genesis 19:29, Amos 4:11, 1 Corinthians 10:5, 2 Peter 2:4-9, 2 Peter 3:6, 2 Peter 3:7

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 9:27 - look not 1 Kings 1:52 - wickedness Proverbs 3:33 - curse Proverbs 14:11 - house Proverbs 21:15 - destruction

Cross-References

Genesis 17:19
But God replied, "No—Sarah, your wife, will give birth to a son for you. You will name him Isaac, and I will confirm my covenant with him and his descendants as an everlasting covenant.
Genesis 17:21
But my covenant will be confirmed with Isaac, who will be born to you and Sarah about this time next year."
Genesis 21:7
Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse a baby? Yet I have given Abraham a son in his old age!"
Genesis 21:8
When Isaac grew up and was about to be weaned, Abraham prepared a huge feast to celebrate the occasion.
1 Samuel 8:7
"Do everything they say to you," the Lord replied, "for they are rejecting me, not you. They don't want me to be their king any longer.
1 Samuel 8:9
Do as they ask, but solemnly warn them about the way a king will reign over them."
Isaiah 46:10
Only I can tell you the future before it even happens. Everything I plan will come to pass, for I do whatever I wish.
Hebrews 11:18
even though God had told him, "Isaac is the son through whom your descendants will be counted."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The righteous [man] wisely considereth the house of the wicked,.... Not so much the stately palace he lives in, and the furniture of it, as the glory, splendour, riches, and largeness of his family; the flourishing condition he and they are in: he considers how they came into it, the short continuance of it, and what the end will be, which in a short time wilt be ruin and destruction; and therefore be does not envy their present happiness, or fret at it. Gersom renders it,

"the righteous maketh the house of the wicked to prosper;''

as Joseph did Potiphar's, and Jacob Laban's; or rather the Lord made them to prosper for their sakes. Jarchi interprets the righteous of God himself; who gives his heart, or has it in his heart to cut off the house of the wicked, as follows;

[but God] overthroweth the wicked for [their] wickedness; or removes them into evil, as the Targum; into the evil of punishment, for the evil of sin. Aben Ezra supplies the word "God", as we do; and understands it of God's destroying wicked men for their sins, though they have flourished for a while in this world: but some interpret it of the righteous man, even of a righteous magistrate, who is prudent and diligent in his office; who looks into the houses of wicked men, and inquires who they are that are in them, and how they live; and what they have in their houses, whether stolen goods, the properties of others; or arms, either for treasonable practices or for robberies; and takes them and punishes them according to the laws of God and men.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Or, The Righteous One (Yahweh) regardeth well the house of the wicked, and maketh the wicked fall into mischief.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 21:12. The righteous man wisely considereth — This verse is understood as implying the pious concern of a righteous man, for a wicked family, whom he endeavours by his instructions to bring into the way of knowledge and peace.


 
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