Proverbs 12:7

Modern

The wicked are overthrown and perish, but the house of the righteous will stand.

Traditional

The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.

Literal

Wicked ones are overthrown, and they are no more, and the house of the righteous ones shall stand.

Latin

Verte impios, et non erunt; domus autem justorum permanebit.

Hebrew

English

The wicked are overthrown and perish, but the house of the righteous will stand.

The wicked may succeed for a short time, but they do not endure. The family of the righteous remains strong for generations.

Theme notes and profiles

Matthew 7:24–27
Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
Proverbs 10:25
When the whirlwind passes, the wicked are no more, but the righteous are secure forever.
Proverbs 11:21
Be assured that the wicked will not go unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will escape.
Job 18:15–20
Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.
Esther 9:6–10
In the citadel of Susa, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men,
Esther 9:14
So the king commanded that this be done. An edict was issued in Susa, and they hanged the ten sons of Haman.
Job 5:3–4
I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
Psalm 37:10
Yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found.
Job 27:18–23
The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut set up by a watchman.
2 Samuel 7:16
Your house and kingdom will endure forever before Me, and your throne will be established forever.”
2 Samuel 7:26
…so that Your name will be magnified forever when it is said, ‘The LORD of Hosts is God over Israel.’ And the house of Your servant David will be established before You.
Job 11:20
But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; they will hope for their last breath.”