Proverbs 21:12 (BSB)

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

From Proverbs 21. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 21:12

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 21:12: 1. As we read this verse, it shows why good men, when they come to understand things aright, will not envy the prosperity of evil-doers. When they see the house of the wicked, how full it is perhaps of all the good things of this life, they are tempted to envy; but when they wisely consider it, when they look upon it with an eye...
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 21:12: The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked,.... Not so much the stately palace he lives in, and the furniture of it, as the glory, splendour, riches, and largeness of his family; the flourishing condition he and they are in: he considers how they came into it, the short continuance of it, and what the end will be, which in a short time...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 21:12: (Compare Psa 37:35-38; Psa 73:17, Psa 73:20). house--family or interests. overthroweth--either supply "God" (compare Pro 10:24), or the word is used impersonally.
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 21:12: The righteous [man] wisely considereth the house of the wicked: [but God] overthroweth the wicked for [their] wickedness. (f) Though the godly admonish them both by words and example of life, yet the wicked will not amend, till God destroys them.