Proverbs 21:12 Cross References

Proverbs 21:12

12: The Righteous One knows what is going on in the homes of the wicked; he will bring the wicked to disaster.

I myself have seen it happen--proud and evil people thriving like mighty trees.
But when I looked again, they were gone! Though I searched for them, I could not find them!

But God will strike you down once and for all. He will pull you from your home and drag you from the land of the living.

The wicked are crushed by their sins, but the godly have a refuge when they die.

From my experience, I know that fools who turn from God may be successful for the moment, but then comes sudden disaster.

Then he used the water to destroy the world with a mighty flood.
And God has also commanded that the heavens and the earth will be consumed by fire on the day of judgment, when ungodly people will perish.

Yet after all this, God was not pleased with most of them, and he destroyed them in the wilderness.

"I destroyed some of your cities, as I destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. Those of you who survived were like half-burned sticks snatched from a fire. But still you wouldn't return to me," says the LORD.

For God did not spare even the angels when they sinned; he threw them into hell, in gloomy caves and darkness until the judgment day.
And God did not spare the ancient world--except for Noah and his family of seven. Noah warned the world of God's righteous judgment. Then God destroyed the whole world of ungodly people with a vast flood.
Later, he turned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into heaps of ashes and swept them off the face of the earth. He made them an example of what will happen to ungodly people.
But at the same time, God rescued Lot out of Sodom because he was a good man who was sick of all the immorality and wickedness around him.
Yes, he was a righteous man who was distressed by the wickedness he saw and heard day after day.

Good people are guided by their honesty; treacherous people are destroyed by their dishonesty.
Riches won't help on the day of judgment, but right living is a safeguard against death.
The godly are directed by their honesty; the wicked fall beneath their load of sin.

"How terrible it will be for you who get rich by unjust means! You believe your wealth will buy security, putting your families beyond the reach of danger.
But by the murders you committed, you have shamed your name and forfeited your lives.
The very stones in the walls of your houses cry out against you, and the beams in the ceilings echo the complaint.
"How terrible it will be for you who build cities with money gained by murder and corruption!

They are torn from the security of their tent, and they are brought down to the king of terrors.
The home of the wicked will disappear beneath a fiery barrage of burning sulfur.
Their roots will dry up, and their branches will wither.
All memory of their existence will perish from the earth. No one will remember them.
They will be thrust from light into darkness, driven from the world.

Let those who are wise understand these things. Let those who are discerning listen carefully. The paths of the LORD are true and right, and righteous people live by walking in them. But sinners stumble and fall along the way.

You will tell me of rich and wicked people who came to disaster because of their sins.
But I tell you to ask those who have been around, and they can tell you the truth.
Evil people are spared in times of calamity and are allowed to escape.

But God had listened to Abraham's request and kept Lot safe, removing him from the disaster that engulfed the cities on the plain.

They cling to their home for security, but it won't last. They try to hold it fast, but it will not endure.

Those who are wise will take all this to heart; they will see in our history the faithful love of the LORD.

Godliness helps people all through life, while the evil are destroyed by their wickedness.

"This is what the wicked will receive from God; this is their inheritance from the Almighty.
If they have a multitude of children, their children will die in war or starve to death.
Those who survive will be brought down to the grave by a plague, with no one to mourn them, not even their wives.
"Evil people may have all the money in the world, and they may store away mounds of clothing.
But the righteous will wear that clothing, and the innocent will divide all that money.

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