Proverbs 15:25
The Lord tears down the house of the proud but maintains the widow’s boundaries.
In context
22 Without counsel plans fail, but with many advisers they succeed. 23 To make an apt answer is a joy to a man, and a word in season, how good it is! 24 The path of life leads upward for the prudent, that he may turn away from Sheol beneath.
25 The Lord tears down the house of the proud but maintains the widow’s boundaries. 26 The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord, but gracious words are pure. 27 Whoever is greedy for unjust gain troubles his own household, but he who hates bribes will live. 28 The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.
Compare in other versions
- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 15:25 in the KJV
The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: But he will establish the border of the widow.
- NIV New International Version
— Proverbs 15:25 in the NIV
The Lord tears down the house of the proud, but he sets the widow’s boundary stones in place.