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Proverbs 15

Prov. 15:25 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
will destroy
nacach (Hebrew #5255)
to tear away
KJV usage: destroy, pluck, root.
Pronounce: naw-sakh'
Origin: a primitive root
the house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
of the proud
ge'eh (Hebrew #1343)
lofty; figuratively, arrogant
KJV usage: proud.
Pronounce: gay-eh'
Origin: from 1342
: but he will establish
natsab (Hebrew #5324)
to station, in various applications (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: appointed, deputy, erect, establish, X Huzzah (by mistake for a proper name), lay, officer, pillar, present, rear up, set (over, up), settle, sharpen, establish, (make to) stand(-ing, still, up, upright), best state.
Pronounce: naw-tsab'
Origin: a prim root
the border
gbuwl (Hebrew #1366)
from 1379; properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extens. the territory inclosed
KJV usage: border, bound, coast, X great, landmark, limit, quarter, space.
Pronounce: gheb-ool'
Origin: or (shortened) gbul {gheb-ool'}
of the widow
'almanah (Hebrew #490)
a widow; also a desolate place
KJV usage: desolate house (palace), widow.
Pronounce: al-maw-naw'
Origin: fem of 488
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Ministry on This Verse

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Prov. 12:7• 7Overthrow the wicked, and they [are] no more;{HR}But the house of the righteous shall stand (Prov. 12:7)
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Prov. 14:11• 11The house of the wicked shall be overthrown,{HR}But the tent of the upright shall flourish. (Prov. 14:11)
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Job 40:11‑13• 11Scatter abroad the outbursts of thine anger,{HR}See every proud one, and humble him;
 12See every proud one — make him bow,{HR}And tread down the wicked in their place;
 13Hide them in the dust together; bind their faces in secret: (Job 40:11‑13)
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Psa. 52:1,5• 1To the chief musician; an instruction of David, when Doeg the Edomite went in, and told Saul and said to him, David went to the house of Ahimelech.{HR}Why boastest thou thyself in evil, mighty man?{HR}The mercy of God [is] all the day.
 5God shall likewise destroy thee forever;{HR}He shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of tent,{HR}And root thee out of the land of the living. Selah. (Psa. 52:1,5)
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Psa. 138:6• 6For Jehovah [is] exalted, yet he seeth the lowly,{HR}And the proud he knoweth from afar. (Psa. 138:6)
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Isa. 2:12• 12For there shall be a day of Jehovah of hosts upon all that is proud and haughty, and upon all that is lifted up, and it shall be brought low; (Isa. 2:12)
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Dan. 5:20• 20{i}But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit hardened unto presumption, he was deposed from the throne of his kingdom, and they took his glory from him;{/i} (Dan. 5:20)
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1 Peter 5:5• 5Likewise, ye younger, be subject to elders; and all of you bind on humility to one another; because God setteth himself against haughty ones, and giveth grace to lowly. (1 Peter 5:5)
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Deut. 10:17‑18• 17{i}For Jehovah your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of lords, the great God, the mighty and the terrible, who regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward;{/i}
 18{i}who executeth the judgment of the fatherless and the widow, and loveth the stranger, to give him food and clothing.{/i} (Deut. 10:17‑18)
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Psa. 68:5‑6• 5A father of orphans and a judge of widows{HR}[Is] God in the habitation of his holiness.
 6God maketh the solitary to dwell in a house;{HR}Prisoners he bringeth out into prosperity:{HR}But rebels dwell in a parched [land]. (Psa. 68:5‑6)
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Psa. 146:9• 9Jehovah keepeth strangers;{HR}Orphans and widows he upholdeth;{HR}And the way of wicked ones he maketh crooked. (Psa. 146:9)
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James 1:27• 27A religious service pure and undefiled before him that is God and Father is this, to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, to keep himself unspotted from the world. (James 1:27)
• “Though the Lord be high, yet hath He respect unto the lowly: but the proud He knoweth afar off” (Psa. 138:6). His face is ever set against those who exalt themselves; but from of old He has been the support of the fatherless and the widow who confided in His love and care. (“Proverbs Fifteen” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Jehovah plucketh up the house of the proud; but he establisheth the boundary of the widow.

W. Kelly Translation

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Jehovah plucketh up the house of the proud,{HR}But He establisheth the border of the widow.