King James Version
Proverbs 12:7 in the King James Version says “The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 12 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.”
Proverbs 12:7 · KJV
The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
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
He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“are overthrown”
H2015to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
“and are not but the house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“shall stand”
H5975to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
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