“The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.”
Proverbs 12:7 (KJV) |
Proverbs 12:7
From Proverbs 12, in the Book of Proverbs (Old Testament).
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The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.