Proverbs 14:11
New Living Translation
11 The house of the wicked will be destroyed,
but the tent of the godly will flourish.
Proverbs 3:33
New Living Translation
33 The Lord curses the house of the wicked,
but he blesses the home of the upright.
Proverbs 12:7
New Living Translation
7 The wicked die and disappear,
but the family of the godly stands firm.
Matthew 7:26-27
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26 But anyone who hears my teaching and doesn’t obey it is foolish, like a person who builds a house on sand. 27 When the rains and floods come and the winds beat against that house, it will collapse with a mighty crash.”
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Zechariah 5:4
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4 And this is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: I am sending this curse into the house of every thief and into the house of everyone who swears falsely using my name. And my curse will remain in that house and completely destroy it—even its timbers and stones.”
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Job 21:28
New Living Translation
28 You will tell me of rich and wicked people
whose houses have vanished because of their sins.
Proverbs 21:12
New Living Translation
12 The Righteous One[a] knows what is going on in the homes of the wicked;
he will bring disaster on them.
Footnotes
- 21:12 Or The righteous man.
Job 18:14-15
New Living Translation
14 They are torn from the security of their homes
and are brought down to the king of terrors.
15 The homes of the wicked will burn down;
burning sulfur rains on their houses.
Isaiah 58:11-12
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11 The Lord will guide you continually,
giving you water when you are dry
and restoring your strength.
You will be like a well-watered garden,
like an ever-flowing spring.
12 Some of you will rebuild the deserted ruins of your cities.
Then you will be known as a rebuilder of walls
and a restorer of homes.
Proverbs 21:20
New Living Translation
20 The wise have wealth and luxury,
but fools spend whatever they get.
Proverbs 11:28
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28 Trust in your money and down you go!
But the godly flourish like leaves in spring.
Job 8:15
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15 They cling to their home for security, but it won’t last.
They try to hold it tight, but it will not endure.
Psalm 128:3
New Living Translation
3 Your wife will be like a fruitful grapevine,
flourishing within your home.
Your children will be like vigorous young olive trees
as they sit around your table.
Psalm 112:2-3
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2 Their children will be successful everywhere;
an entire generation of godly people will be blessed.
3 They themselves will be wealthy,
and their good deeds will last forever.
Job 27:13-23
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13 “This is what the wicked will receive from God;
this is their inheritance from the Almighty.
14 They may have many children,
but the children will die in war or starve to death.
15 Those who survive will die of a plague,
and not even their widows will mourn them.
16 “Evil people may have piles of money
and may store away mounds of clothing.
17 But the righteous will wear that clothing,
and the innocent will divide that money.
18 The wicked build houses as fragile as a spider’s web,[a]
as flimsy as a shelter made of branches.
19 The wicked go to bed rich
but wake to find that all their wealth is gone.
20 Terror overwhelms them like a flood,
and they are blown away in the storms of the night.
21 The east wind carries them away, and they are gone.
It sweeps them away.
22 It whirls down on them without mercy.
They struggle to flee from its power.
23 But everyone jeers at them
and mocks them.
Job 20:26-28
New Living Translation
26 Their treasures will be thrown into deepest darkness.
A wildfire will devour their goods,
consuming all they have left.
27 The heavens will reveal their guilt,
and the earth will testify against them.
28 A flood will sweep away their house.
God’s anger will descend on them in torrents.
Job 18:21
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21 They will say, ‘This was the home of a wicked person,
the place of one who rejected God.’”
Job 15:34
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34 For the godless are barren.
Their homes, enriched through bribery, will burn.
Job 8:6
New Living Translation
6 and if you are pure and live with integrity,
he will surely rise up and restore your happy home.
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