Proverbs 21:12
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
שָׂכַל
sâkal
to be (causatively, make or act) circumspect and hence, intelligent
שָׂכַל
sâkal
to be (causatively, make or act) circumspect and hence, intelligent
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
רָשָׁע
râshâʻ
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...
סָלַף
çâlaph
properly, to wrench, i.e. (figuratively) to subvert
רָשָׁע
râshâʻ
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
רַע
raʻ
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׂכַל sâkal
to be (causatively, make or act) circumspect and hence, intelligent
Study H7919 →שָׂכַל sâkal
to be (causatively, make or act) circumspect and hence, intelligent
Study H7919 →בַּיִת bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Study H1004 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Study H376 →אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a supe...
Study H430 →Cross References
The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.
But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
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.
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
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.
Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
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.
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.
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