Proverbs 15:25

The Lord will destroy the house of the proud,.... 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…

The widow - Here, as elsewhere Deu 10:18; Psa 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,…

Note, 1. Those that are elevated God delights to abase, and commonly does it in the course of his providence: The proud, that magnify themselves, bid defiance to the God above them and trample on all…

destroy Rather, root up, R.V., in contrast with establishin the next clause.

widow As typical of the humble and poor. Comp. Psa 68:5, and for the sentiment 1Pe 5:5.