Proverbs 15:25
The Lord will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.
*The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- *Cross-referenceChap. 12.7. and 14.11.
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- Psalms 146:9Rank 1 from verse 25
- Psalms 68:5–6Rank 2 from verse 25
5A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
6God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
5A father of the fatherlesse, and a iudge of the widowes, is God in his holy habitation.
6†God setteth the solitary in a families: hee bringeth out those which are bound with chaines, but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
- Deuteronomy 10:17–18Rank 3 from verse 25
17For the Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:
18He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
17For the LORD your God is God of gods, and LORD of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which *regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward.
18He doeth execute the iudgement of the fatherlesse, and widow, and loueth the stranger, in giuing him food and raiment.
- Proverbs 12:7Rank 4 from verse 25
- Proverbs 14:11Rank 5 from verse 25
- Proverbs 23:10Rank 6 from verse 25
- Daniel 5:20Rank 7 from verse 25
- Isaiah 2:12Rank 8 from verse 25
12For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:
12For the day of the LORD of hostes shall bee vpon euery one that is proud and loftie, and vpon euery one that is lifted vp, and he shalbe brought low;
- James 1:27Rank 9 from verse 25
27Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
27Pure religion and vndefiled before God and the Father, is this, to visit the fatherlesse and widowes in their affliction, and to keepe himselfe vnspotted from the world.
- Job 40:11–13Rank 10 from verse 25
11Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.
12Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
13Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.
11Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold euery one that is proud, and abase him.
12Looke on euery one that is proud, and bring him low: and tread downe the wicked in their place.
13Hide them in the dust together, and binde their faces in secret.
- Psalms 138:6Rank 11 from verse 25
- 1 Peter 5:5Rank 12 from verse 25
5Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
5Likewise ye yonger, submit your selues vnto the elder: yea, all of you bee subiect one to another, and bee clothed with humilitie: for God resisteth the proud, and giueth grace to the humble.
- Psalms 52:5Rank 13 from verse 25
5God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
5†God shall likewise destroy thee for euer, hee shall take thee away and plucke thee out of thy dwelling place, and roote thee out of the land of the liuing. Selah.
- Deuteronomy 19:14Rank 14 from verse 25
14¶ Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour’s landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it.
14¶ Thou shalt not remooue thy neighbours land-marke, which they of old time haue set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherite, in the land that the LORD thy God giueth thee to possesse it.
- Psalms 52:1Rank 15 from verse 25
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Proverbs 15:25
The divine name of the living God, also named JEHOVAH.
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Sense 1: To ruin, demolish, consume, or lay waste. Sense 2: To kill or cut off. Sense 3: To cause a thing's structure, use, activity, or present condition to cease.
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Sense 1: A building or dwelling. Sense 2: The people of a household or family. Sense 3: A lineage or family line. Sense 4: As a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.
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Having an unduly high opinion of oneself; haughty or self-exalting.
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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
To make firm, confirm, appoint, or cause to stand.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604
The edge, boundary, or limit of a country, region, garment, or object.
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A woman whose husband has died.
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15:24The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
15:24*The way of life is aboue to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
15:25The Lord will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.
15:25*The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.
Selected passage15:26The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.
15:26*†The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the wordes of the pure, are pleasant words.