The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood,
but the speech of the upright rescues them.
Wicked men are overthrown and are no more,
but the house of the righteous stands firm.
There is about probably a million verses about speech in Proverbs and the thing that's interesting about these verses are that it doesn't say who the words are lying in wait for.
Some peeps always say The higher you climb, the harder you fall
This verse doesn't say, "The wicked will be low and continue to be low for all time." It says they will be overthrown. It essentially says they will prosper. They will live large and stand high. For a while. But eventually they will be no more. The challenge is that we might never see the outcome.
God rarely seems to define timeframes the same way we would. So right now you might be watching someone else on a great height. You might be wondering when they will be overthrown. You might never see their "no more" in your lifetime. But that's not what matters. Our focus should be on the second part of v7 i.e Building a house that is righteous. Standing firm on the Promises of God.
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