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25 The Lord tears down the proud man’s house,[a]
    but he preserves the widow’s boundaries.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 15:25 Tears down the proud man’s house: see Prov 2:22; 10:25; 14:11. Preserves the widow’s boundaries: by keeping intact the boundary stones that acted as landmarks for a person’s property (see Prov 22:28; Deut 19:14; Job 24:2; Ps 68:5).