Proverbs 15:25

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“Yahweh will uproot the house of the proud, but he will keep the widow’s borders intact.”

— WEB

“The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.”

— KJV

“Jehovah will root up the house of the proud; But he will establish the border of the widow.”

— ASV

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Psalms 146:9 "Yahweh preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, but the way of the wicked he turns upside down."
Psalms 68:5-6 "A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in his holy habitation."
Proverbs 14:11 "The house of the wicked will be overthrown, but the tent of the upright will flourish."
Deuteronomy 10:17-18 "For Yahweh your God, he is God of gods, and Lord of lords, the great God, the mighty, and the awesome, who doesn’t respect persons, nor t…"
Proverbs 12:7 "The wicked are overthrown, and are no more, but the house of the righteous shall stand."
Proverbs 23:10 "Don’t move the ancient boundary stone. Don’t encroach on the fields of the fatherless:"
Isaiah 2:12 "For there will be a day of Yahweh of Armies for all that is proud and haughty, and for all that is lifted up; and it shall be brought low:"
Daniel 5:20 "But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they t…"

Commentary

Note, 1. Those that are elevated God delights to abase, and commonly does it in the course of his providence: The proud, that magnify themselves, bid defiance to the God above them and trample on all about them, are such as God resists and will destroy, not them only, but their houses, which they are proud of and are confident of the continuance and perpetuity of. Pride is the ruin of multitudes. 2. Those that are dejected God delights to support, and often does it remarkably: He will establish the border of the poor widow, which proud injurious men break in upon, and which the poor widow is not herself able to defend and make good. It is the honour of God to protect the weak and appear for those that are oppressed.

— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary (public domain)

The most desolate who have God's aid have more permanent good than the self-reliant sinner (Pro 2:22; Pro 12:7). border--or, "boundary for possessions" (Psa 78:54).

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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