Focused Passage

Proverbs 21:12

The LORD Weighs the Heart: Justice, Righteousness, Pride, Diligence, and the Limits of Human Strength

The chapter moves from the LORD's sovereignty over kings and hearts, to justice over sacrifice, to diligence and dishonest gain, to household conflict and wicked desire, to mercy and justice, to speech, generosity, false witness, and finally to the LORD's supremacy over every human plan and battle.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

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

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Verse 12

Original words

The Righteous One צַ֭דִּיק H6662 Adjective - masculine singular considers מַשְׂכִּ֣יל H7919 Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular the house לְבֵ֣ית H1004 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct of the wicked רָשָׁ֑ע H7563 Adjective - masculine singular [and] brings מְסַלֵּ֖ף H5557 Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular the wicked רְשָׁעִ֣ים H7563 Adjective - masculine plural to ruin לָרָֽע׃ H7451 Preposition-l, Article | Adjective - masculine singular

BSB notes

  • Or The righteous one

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