Proverbs Chapter 12 verse 7 Holy Bible
The wicked are overthrown, and are not; But the house of the righteous shall stand.
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Evil-doers are overturned and never seen again, but the house of upright men will keep its place.
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Overthrow the wicked, and they are no [more]; but the house of the righteous shall stand.
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The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
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The wicked are overthrown, and are no more, But the house of the righteous shall stand.
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Overthrow the wicked, and they are not, And the house of the righteous standeth.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 7. - The wicked are overthrown, and are not; or, overthrow the wicked, and they shall be no more. The verb is in the infinitive, and may be rendered either way; but the notion is scarcely of an overthrow. The Vulgate has, verte impios; i.e. change them a little from their previous state, let them suffer a blow from any cause or of any degree, and they succumb, they have no power of resistance. What the stroke is, or whence it comes, is not expressed; it may be the just judgment of God - temptation, trouble, sickness - but whatever it is, they cannot withstand it as the righteous do (see Proverbs 11:7). Some commentators see in the phrase the idea of suddenness, "While they turn themselves round, they are no more" (Proverbs 10:25; Job 20:5). Septuagint, "Wheresoever the wicked turn, he is destroyed." The house of the righteous, being founded on a secure foundation, shall stand (Matthew 7:24, etc.).
Ellicott's 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.)
