Proverbs 10:25
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When the whirlwind passes, the wicked are no more, but the righteous are secure forever.
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21 The lips of the righteous edify many; But fools die through want of understanding.
Open source ↗Hitherto we have been in the porch or preface to the proverbs, here they begin. They are short but weighty sentences; most of them are distichs, two sentences in one verse, illustrating each other; but it is seldom that there is any coherence between the verses, much less any thread of discourse, and therefore in these chapters we need not attempt to reduce the contents to their proper heads, the several sentences will appear best in their own places. The scope of them all is to set before us good and evil, the blessing and the curse. Many of the proverbs in this chapter relate to the good government of the tongue, without which men's religion is vain.
Open source ↗10:25 The wicked might enjoy the material blessings of life, but only temporarily, in contrast with the godly. Jesus also expressed this reality (Matt 7:24-27).
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who lends his money without interest and refuses a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.
A man cannot be established through wickedness, but the righteous cannot be uprooted.
Before your pots can feel the burning thorns— whether green or dry— He will sweep them away.
when your dread comes like a storm, and your destruction like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you.
Are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a storm?
No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner have their stems taken root in the ground, than He blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like stubble.
The wicked are overthrown and perish, but the house of the righteous will stand.
Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity.”
built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.
treasuring up for themselves a firm foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life.