Proverbs 21:12

The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, and brings the wicked to ruin.

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The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, and brings the wicked to ruin.

BSB

The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked and brings the wicked to ruin.

KJV

The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.

ASV

The righteous man considereth the house of the wicked, [How] the wicked are overthrown to [their] ruin.

BBE

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

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Matthew Henry · Verse 12

Good men envy not the prosperity of evil-doers; they see there is a curse on them.

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