Proverbs 14:11
The house of the impious will be wiped away. Yet truly, the tabernacles of the just shall spring forth.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
In Context
10The heart that knows the bitterness of its own soul, in its gladness the outsider shall not meddle.
12There is a way which seems just to a man, but its conclusion leads to death.
Cross References
Job 8:15He will lean on his house, and it will not stand; he will prop it up, but it will not rise.
Job 15:34For the congregation of the hypocrites is fruitless, and fire will devour the tabernacles of those who love to accept money.
Job 18:21And so, these are the tabernacles of the sinful, and this the place of he who does not know God.
Job 21:28For you say, “Where is the house of the ruler, and where are the tabernacles of the impious?”
Psalms 37:10O Lord, all my desire is before you, and my groaning before you has not been hidden.
Psalms 128:3The sinners have made fabrications behind my back. They have prolonged their iniquity.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 14:11
10 The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy. This agrees with 1 Cor. ii. 11 , What man knows the things of a man, and the changes of his temper, save the spirit of a man? 1. Every man feels most from his own burden, especially that which is a burden upon the spirits, for that is commonly concealed and the sufferer keeps it to himself. We must not censure the griefs of others, for we know not what they feel; their stroke perhaps is heavier than their groaning. 2. Many… Read the whole commentary →