Proverbs 14:11
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11 The house of the wicked is destroyed,
but the tent of the upright flourishes.(A)
Proverbs 3:33
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33 The Lord’s curse is on the house of the wicked,
but he blesses the abode of the righteous.(A)
Proverbs 12:7
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7 The wicked are overthrown and are no more,
but the house of the righteous will stand.(A)
Job 8:15
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15 If one leans against its house, it will not stand;
if one lays hold of it, it will not endure.(A)
Matthew 7:26-27
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26 And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not act on them will be like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27 The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its fall!”
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Zechariah 5:4
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4 I have sent it out, says the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter the house of the thief and the house of anyone who swears falsely by my name, and it shall abide in that house and consume it, both timber and stones.”(A)
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Proverbs 21:12
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12 The Righteous One observes the house of the wicked;
he casts the wicked down to ruin.(A)
Psalm 128:3
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3 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine
within your house;
your children will be like olive shoots
around your table.(A)
Job 21:28
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28 For you say, ‘Where is the house of the prince?
Where is the tent in which the wicked lived?’(A)
Job 18:14-15
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14 They are torn from the tent in which they trusted
and are brought to the king of terrors.(A)
15 In their tents nothing remains;
sulfur is scattered upon their habitations.(B)
Isaiah 58:11-12
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11 The Lord will guide you continually
and satisfy your needs in parched places
and make your bones strong,
and you shall be like a watered garden,
like a spring of water
whose waters never fail.(A)
12 Your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt;
you shall raise up the foundations of many generations;
you shall be called the repairer of the breach,
the restorer of streets to live in.(B)
Proverbs 21:20
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Footnotes
- 21.20 Gk: Heb and oil
Proverbs 11:28
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28 Those who trust in their riches will wither,[a]
but the righteous will flourish like green leaves.(A)
Footnotes
- 11.28 Cn: Heb fall
Psalm 112:2-3
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2 Their descendants will be mighty in the land;
the generation of the upright will be blessed.(A)
3 Wealth and riches are in their houses,
and their righteousness endures forever.
Job 27:13-23
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13 “This is the portion of the wicked with God
and the heritage that oppressors receive from the Almighty:[a](A)
14 If their children are multiplied, it is for the sword,
and their offspring have not enough to eat.(B)
15 Those who survive them the pestilence buries,
and their widows make no lamentation.(C)
16 Though they heap up silver like dust
and pile up clothing like clay,(D)
17 they may pile it up, but the just will wear it,
and the innocent will divide the silver.(E)
18 They build their houses like nests,
like booths made by sentinels of the vineyard.
19 They go to bed with wealth but will do so no more;
they open their eyes, and it is gone.(F)
20 Terrors overtake them like a flood;
in the night a whirlwind carries them off.(G)
21 The east wind lifts them up, and they are gone;
it sweeps them out of their place.(H)
22 It[b] hurls at them without pity;
they flee from its[c] power in headlong flight.(I)
23 It[d] claps its[e] hands at them
and hisses at them from its[f] place.(J)
Job 20:26-28
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26 Utter darkness is laid up for their treasures;
a fire fanned by no one will devour them;
what is left in their tent will be consumed.(A)
27 The heavens will reveal their iniquity,
and the earth will rise up against them.(B)
28 The possessions of their house will be carried away,
dragged off in the day of God’s[a] wrath.(C)
Footnotes
- 20.28 Heb his
Job 18:21
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21 Surely such are the dwellings of the ungodly;
such is the place of those who do not know God.”(A)
Job 15:34
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34 For the company of the godless is barren,
and fire consumes the tents of bribery.(A)
Job 8:6
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6 if you are pure and upright,
surely then he will rouse himself for you
and restore to you your rightful place.(A)
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