Proverbs 14:11
The house of the wicked shall be overthrown; but the tent of the upright shall flourish.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 with its joy no stranger can intermeddle.
12There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
Cross References
Job 8:15He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand; he shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure.
Job 15:34For the company of the godless shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
Job 18:21Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
Job 21:28For ye say: 'Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent wherein the wicked dwelt?'
Psalms 37:10And yet a little while, and the wicked is no more; yea, thou shalt look well at his place, and he is not.
Psalms 128:3Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine, in the innermost parts 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 →