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Proverbios 21:12
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El justo observa la casa del impío, llevando al impío a la ruina.
Considera el justo la casa del imp�o, c�mo los imp�os son trastornados por el mal.
Considera el justo la casa del imp�o; c�mo los imp�os son trastornados por el mal.
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
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.
