King James Version
What Does Proverbs 12:7 Mean?
“The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.”
Context
5
The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
6
The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
7
The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
8
A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised. of a: Heb. perverse of heart
9
He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(7) **The wicked are overthrown.**—By the righteous judgments of God (Psalm 37:35-36), or by the storms of temptation and trouble, which, when they come, overwhelm the house built on the sand of earthly hopes, and not on the “Rock of ages.” (Isaiah 26:4; Matthew 7:24, *sqq.*)
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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