Albert Barnes Commentary Proverbs 15:25

"Jehovah will root up the house of the proud; But he will establish the border of the widow." — Proverbs 15:25 (ASV)

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.