Proverbs 14:11
The house of the wicked shall be overthrown; but the tent of the upright shall flourish.
Darby Translation
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 knoweth its own bitterness, and a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy.
12There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof is the ways of death.
Cross References
Job 8:15He shall lean upon his house, and it shall not stand; he shall lay hold on it, but it shall not endure.
Job 15:34For the family of the ungodly shall be barren, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
Job 18:21Surely, such are the dwellings of the unrighteous man, and such the place of him that knoweth not God.
Job 21:28For ye say, Where is the house of the noble? and where the tent of the dwellings of the wicked?
Psalms 37:10For yet a little while, and the wicked is not; and thou considerest his place, but he is not.
Psalms 128:3Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine in the inner part of thy house; thy children like olive-plants round about thy table.
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 →