Proverbs 14:11
The house of wicked people will be destroyed, but the tent of good people will prosper.
Free Bible 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 mind alone knows its sadness, and no one else can share its happiness.
12There's a way that seems to be right, but in the end it's the way of death.
Cross References
Job 8:15They look to their home to provide security, but it provides no support. They try to hang onto it, but it doesn't last.
Job 15:34For those who reject God are barren, and fire will burn up the homes of those who love bribes.
Job 18:21This is what happens to the homes of the wicked, to the places of those who reject God.”
Job 21:28You may ask me, ‘Where is the home of the great man? Where is the place where the wicked live?’
Psalms 37:10In a little while the wicked will be no more—though you look for them you won't find them.
Psalms 128:3Your wife will be like a fruitful vine growing in your home. Your children will be like the shoots of an olive tree 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 →