Proverbs 15:11
Sheol and Abaddon are before Jehovah: How much more then the hearts of the children of men!
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?
In Context
10There is grievous correction for him that forsaketh the way; [And] he that hateth reproof shall die.
12A scoffer loveth not to be reproved; He will not go unto the wise.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 6:30then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling-place and forgive, and render unto every man according to all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of the children of men;)
Psalms 7:9O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous: For the righteous God trieth the minds and hearts.
Psalms 139:8If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou art there.
Jeremiah 17:10I, Jehovah, search the mind, I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.
John 21:17He saith unto him the third time, Simon, [son] of John, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
Revelation 1:18and the Living one; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive for evermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 15:11
10 Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die. This shows that those who cannot bear to be corrected must expect to be destroyed. 1. It is common for those who have known the way of righteousness, but have forsaken it, to reckon it a great affront to be reproved and admonished. They are very uneasy at reproof; they cannot, they will not, bear it; nay, because they hate to be reformed, they hate to be reproved, and hate those who deal faithfully and kindly with… Read the whole commentary →