John Trapp on Proverbs 21:12

Verſ. 12. The righteous man wiſely conſidereth, &c.] Hee fore-ſeeth its fearful fall, and is not offended at their preſent proſperity▪ For God, hee knows, will ſhortly overturn it. This conſideration cures hi[illegible: 1 letter] of the fret, as it did David, Pſal. 37. It doth alſo inſtruct him in many points of heavenly wiſdome, as it did the Church, Iſa. 26.11. 1 Cor. 10, 11. The deſtruction of others ſhould bee an inſtruction to us, that wee may waſh our feet in the blood of the wicked, Pſal. 52.6.