Proverbs 21:12

The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.

Cross-reference

Proverbs 21:15 describes justice as terror to the wicked, paralleling the ruin God brings to them in this verse.

Proverbs 3:33 directly states the curse of the LORD on the house of the wicked, matching the ruin spoken of here.

Proverbs 14:11 declares the house of the wicked will be destroyed, echoing the same fate God brings in this verse.

In Proverbs 13:6, wickedness overthrows the sinner, matching the overthrow of the wicked's house.

Genesis 19:29 Historical context

In Genesis 19:29, God overthrew Sodom while rescuing Lot—a direct narrative example of the righteous observing and destroying the wicked.

2 Peter 3:6 Historical context

In 2 Peter 3:6, the ancient world perished by flood—another example of God overthrowing the wicked, echoing this principle.

Job 18:14-21 details the comprehensive ruin of the wicked—house, memory, posterity—that God's overthrow here entails.

Job 27:13-23 affirms the same truth: God allocates ruin to the wicked, describing terrors that match the overthrow here.

In 2 Peter 2:4-9, God rescues the godly and punishes the unrighteous—explicitly the same principle as the righteous observer overthrowing the wicked.

Psalm 37:36 Parallel

Psalm 37:36 describes the sudden disappearance of the wicked, illustrating the ruin God brings here.

Psalm 52:5 Parallel

Psalm 52:5 graphically portrays God breaking down and uprooting the wicked from their dwelling—exactly the overthrow here.

In Habakkuk 2:9-12, a woe against building a house by unjust gain—God's judgment on the wicked's house aligns with the righteous one overthrowing them.

Amos 4:11 Parallel

In Amos 4:11, God overthrew Israel like Sodom—same divine judgment on the wicked as in this proverb.

Job 21:28-30 questions the certainty of the wicked's downfall, contrasting the confident assertion of God's judgment here.

2 Peter 3:7 Parallel

In 2 Peter 3:7, the same theme of God's judgment destroying the wicked is applied to the final day of fire.

Hosea 14:9 Parallel

In Hosea 14:9, the contrast between upright walkers and stumbling transgressors mirrors the fate of the righteous and wicked.

Psalm 37:35 Parallel

Psalm 37:35 depicts the flourishing of the wicked that God observes and then brings down here—apparent success before ruin.

Job 8:15 Parallel

Job 8:15 illustrates the instability of the wicked's house that God overthrows here—it cannot endure.

Job 5:3 Parallel

Job 5:3 echoes the same principle: the wicked's house is cursed suddenly, matching God's overthrow of the wicked's house here.