Proverbs 15:25

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The house of the man of pride will be uprooted by the Lord, but he will make safe the heritage of the widow.

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  • Ps 146:9 : 9 The Lord takes care of those who are in a strange land; he gives help to the widow and to the child who has no father; but he sends destruction on the way of sinners.
  • Prov 23:10 : 10 Do not let the landmark of the widow be moved, and do not go into the fields of those who have no father;
  • Prov 12:7 : 7 Evil-doers are overturned and never seen again, but the house of upright men will keep its place.
  • Prov 14:11 : 11 The house of the sinner will be overturned, but the tent of the upright man will do well.
  • Ps 68:5-6 : 5 A father to those who have no father, a judge of the widows, is God in his holy place. 6 Those who are without friends, God puts in families; he makes free those who are in chains; but those who are turned away from him are given a dry land.
  • Deut 10:17-18 : 17 For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, strong in power and greatly to be feared, who has no respect for any man's position and takes no rewards: 18 Judging uprightly in the cause of the widow and of the child who has no father, and giving food and clothing in his mercy to the man from a strange country.
  • Jas 1:27 : 27 The religion which is holy and free from evil in the eyes of our God and Father is this: to take care of children who have no fathers and of widows who are in trouble, and to keep oneself untouched by the world.
  • 1 Pet 5:5 : 5 And in the same way, let the younger men be ruled by the older ones. Let all of you put away pride and make yourselves ready to be servants: for God is a hater of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low.
  • Isa 2:12 : 12 For the day of the Lord of armies is coming on all the pride of men, and on all who are high and lifted up;
  • Dan 5:20 : 20 But when his heart was lifted up and his spirit became hard with pride, he was put down from his place as king, and they took his glory from him:
  • Ps 52:5 : 5 But God will put an end to you for ever; driving you out from your tent, uprooting you from the land of the living. (Selah.)
  • Deut 19:14 : 14 Your neighbour's landmark, which was put in its place by the men of old times, is not to be moved or taken away in the land of your heritage which the Lord your God is giving you.
  • Job 40:11-13 : 11 His strength is in his body, and his force in the muscles of his stomach. 12 His tail is curving like a cedar; the muscles of his legs are joined together. 13 His bones are pipes of brass, his legs are like rods of iron.
  • Ps 138:6 : 6 Though the Lord is high, he sees those who are low; and he has knowledge from far off of those who are lifted up.
  • Ps 52:1 : 1 <To the chief music-maker. Maschil. Of David. When Doeg the Edomite came to Saul saying, David has come to the house of Ahimelech.> Why do you take pride in wrongdoing, lifting yourself up against the upright man all the day?

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  • Prov 14:11
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    11The house of the sinner will be overturned, but the tent of the upright man will do well.

  • Ps 146:9
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    9The Lord takes care of those who are in a strange land; he gives help to the widow and to the child who has no father; but he sends destruction on the way of sinners.

  • Job 22:9
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    9You have sent widows away without hearing their cause, and you have taken away the support of the child who has no father.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12The Upright One, looking on the house of the evil-doer, lets sinners be overturned to their destruction.

  • Prov 10:15
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    15The property of the man of wealth is his strong town: the poor man's need is his destruction.

  • Prov 10:29-30
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    29The way of the Lord is a strong tower for the upright man, but destruction to the workers of evil.

    30The upright man will never be moved, but evil-doers will not have a safe resting-place in the land.

  • Amos 6:11
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    11For see, at the order of the Lord the great house will be full of cracks and the little house will be broken.

  • Isa 5:15
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    15And the poor man's head is bent, and the great man goes down on his face, and the eyes of pride are put to shame:

  • Job 15:28
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    28And he has made his resting-place in the towns which have been pulled down, in houses where no man had a right to be, whose fate was to become masses of broken walls.

  • Isa 25:12
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    12And the strong tower of your walls has been broken by him, made low, and crushed even to the dust.

  • Ps 37:17
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    17For the arms of the evil-doers will be broken: but the Lord is the support of the good.

  • Jer 25:37
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    37And there is no sound in the fields of peace, because of the burning wrath of the Lord.

  • Prov 16:18-19
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    18Pride goes before destruction, and a stiff spirit before a fall.

    19Better it is to have a gentle spirit with the poor, than to take part in the rewards of war with men of pride.

  • Jer 13:15
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    15Give ear and let your ears be open; be not lifted up: for these are the words of the Lord.

  • Prov 15:26
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    26Evil designs are disgusting to the Lord, but the words of the clean-hearted are pleasing.

  • Jer 50:32
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    32And pride will go with uncertain steps and have a fall, and there will be no one to come to his help: and I will put a fire in his towns, burning up everything round about him.

  • Prov 22:23
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    23For the Lord will give support to their cause, and take the life of those who take their goods.

  • Jer 13:9
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    9The Lord has said, In this way I will do damage to the pride of Judah and to the great pride of Jerusalem.

  • Job 20:19
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    19Because he has been cruel to the poor, turning away from them in their trouble; because he has taken a house by force which he did not put up;

  • Prov 14:1
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    1Wisdom is building her house, but the foolish woman is pulling it down with her hands.

  • Prov 12:7
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    7Evil-doers are overturned and never seen again, but the house of upright men will keep its place.

  • Isa 10:2
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    2Who do wrong to the poor in their cause, and take away the right of the crushed among my people, so that they may have the property of widows, and get under their power those who have no father.

  • Amos 3:15
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    15And I will send destruction on the winter house with the summer house; the ivory houses will be falling down and the great houses will come to an end, says the Lord.

  • Ps 140:12
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    12I am certain that the Lord will take care of the cause of the poor, and of the rights of those who are troubled.

  • Ps 138:6
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    6Though the Lord is high, he sees those who are low; and he has knowledge from far off of those who are lifted up.

  • Ps 14:6
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    6You have put to shame the thoughts of the poor, but the Lord is his support.

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    6The Lord gives help to the poor in spirit; but he sends sinners down in shame.

  • Ps 10:2
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    2The evil-doer in his pride is cruel to the poor; let him be taken by the tricks of his invention.

  • Job 24:21
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    21He is not kind to the widow, and he has no pity for her child.

  • Jer 49:11
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    11Put in my care your children who have no father, and I will keep them safe; and let your widows put their faith in me.

  • Isa 5:9
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    9The Lord of armies has said to me secretly, Truly, numbers of great and fair houses will be waste, with no one living in them.

  • Ps 94:6
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    6They put to death the widow and the guest, they take the lives of children who have no father;

  • Isa 23:9
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    9It was the purpose of the Lord of armies to put pride to shame, to make sport of the glory of those who are honoured in the earth.

  • Job 5:11
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    11Lifting up those who are low, and putting the sad in a safe place;

  • Prov 3:33
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    33The curse of the Lord is on the house of the evil-doer, but his blessing is on the tent of the upright.

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    15When those of his house who are still living come to their end by disease, they are not put into the earth, and their widows are not weeping for them.

  • Ps 101:5
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    5I will put to death anyone who says evil of his neighbour secretly; the man with a high look and a heart of pride is disgusting to me.

  • Isa 26:5
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    5For he has made low those who are lifted up, all the people of the town of pride: he makes it low, crushing it down to the earth; he makes it low in the dust.

  • Amos 5:9
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    9Who sends sudden destruction on the strong, so that destruction comes on the walled town.

  • Prov 14:31
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    31He who is hard on the poor puts shame on his Maker; but he who has mercy on those who are in need gives him honour.

  • Isa 2:12
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    12For the day of the Lord of armies is coming on all the pride of men, and on all who are high and lifted up;

  • Prov 29:23
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    23A man's pride will be the cause of his fall, but he who has a gentle spirit will get honour.

  • Ps 52:5
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    5But God will put an end to you for ever; driving you out from your tent, uprooting you from the land of the living. (Selah.)

  • Ps 145:20
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    20The Lord will keep all his worshippers from danger; but he will send destruction on all sinners.

  • Prov 15:24
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    24Acting wisely is the way of life, guiding a man away from the underworld.

  • Ps 109:9
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    9Let his children have no father, and his wife be made a widow.

  • Jer 15:8
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    8I have let their widows be increased in number more than the sand of the seas: I have sent against them, against the mother and the young men, one who makes waste in the heat of the day, causing pain and fears to come on her suddenly.

  • Isa 3:14
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    14The Lord comes to be the judge of their responsible men and of their rulers: it is you who have made waste the vine-garden, and in your houses is the property of the poor which you have taken by force.