Proverbs 14:11
The house of the wicked shall be destroyed: but the tabernacles of the just shall flourish.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
In The King James Version
The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
In Context
12There is a way which seemeth just to a man: but the ends thereof lead to death.
Cross References
Job 8:15He shall lean upon his house, and it shall no stand: he shall prop it up, and it shall not rise:
Job 15:34For the congregation of the hypocrite is barren, and fire shall devour their tabernacles, who love to take bribes.
Job 18:21These then are the tabernacles of the wicked, and this the place of him that knoweth not God.
Job 21:28For you say: Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?
Psalms 37:10Lord, all my desire is before thee, and my groaning is not hidden from thee.
Psalms 128:3The wicked have wrought upon my back: they have lengthened 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 →