Proverbs 14:11
The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.
Berean Standard Bible
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 knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares in its joy.
12There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.
Cross References
Job 8:15He leans on his web, but it gives way; he holds fast, but it does not endure.
Job 15:34For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.
Job 18:21Surely such is the dwelling of the wicked and the place of one who does not know God.”
Job 21:28For you say, ‘Where now is the nobleman’s house, and where are the tents in which the wicked dwell?’
Psalms 37:10Yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found.
Psalms 128:3Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your 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 →