Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.

The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.

And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.

And Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,

The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, slew they; but on the spoil laid they not their hand.

I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.

It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.

He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.

He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.

Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.

For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.

For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.

I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.

Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.

Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.

How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.

Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.

Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:

And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.

And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.

And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee.

Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:

And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: