Proverbs 15:25

“The Lord will destroy the house of the proud, etc.] To whom he has the utmost aversion; he sets himself against them and resists them, and will not only destroy them, but their stately houses too, which their have fancied shall continue for ever; and also their families, their children and posterity; these shall be as stubble, and shall be burnt up in his wrath, and neither root nor branch left. Moreover, the man of sin, the son of perdition, may be more especially intended, that exalts himself above all that is called God, with all the sons of pride supported by him; his house, which is the house of the foolish and adulterous woman, the idolatrous church of Rome, shall be rooted up; the…”

“The most desolate who have God's aid have more permanent good than the self-reliant sinner (Pro 2:22; Pro 12:7). border--or, "boundary for possessions" (Psa 78:54).”

“The widow - Here, as elsewhere Deuteronomy 10:18; Psalms 68:5, the widow, as the most extreme type of desolation, stands as the representative of a class safer in their poverty under the protection of the Lord, than the proud in the haughtiness of their strength. return to 'Top of Page'”

“The proud - Of the mighty oppressors. The border - The estate, the border being often used, for the land within the borders. Proverbs 15:26”

“15:25 The proud think that they are self-sufficient. Widows in the ancient Near East were just the opposite—completely vulnerable and without means of support or protection.”

“destroy: Pro 12:7, Pro 14:11; Job 40:11-13; Psa 52:1, Psa 52:5, Psa 138:6; Isa 2:12; Dan 5:20; Pe1 5:5 but: Deu 10:17, Deu 10:18; Psa 68:5, Psa 68:6, Psa 146:9; Jam 1:27 Proverbs 15:26”

“25 The house of the proud Jahve rooteth out, And He establisheth the landmark of the widow. The power unnamed in יסּחוּ, Pro 2:22 (cf. Pro 14:11), is here named יסּח יהוה (thus to be pointed with Mercha and Pasek following). יצּב is the abbreviated fut. form which the elevated style, e.g., Deu 32:8, uses also as indic. - a syntactical circumstance which renders Hitzig's correction ויּצּב superfluous. It is the border of the land-possession of the widows, removed by the גּאים (lxx ὑβριστῶν), that is here meant. The possession of land in Israel was secured by severe punishment inflicted in him who removed the "landmark" ( Deu 19:14; Deu 27:17), and the Chokma ( Pro 22:28; Pro 24:2) as well…”