"The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness."
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And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.
For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?
This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.
God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.
The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
The Upright One, looking on the house of the evil-doer, lets sinners be overturned to their destruction.
One that is righteous wisely considereth the house of the wicked: he overthroweth the wicked to [their] ruin.
The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.
The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.
The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, And brings the wicked to ruin.
The Righteous One is acting wisely Towards the house of the wicked, He is overthrowing the wicked for wickedness.