Proverbs 14:11
The house of the wicked is destroyed, || And the tent of the upright flourishes.
Literal Standard 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 heart knows its own bitterness, || And a stranger does not interfere with its joy.
12There is a way—right before a man, || And its latter end [are] ways of death.
Cross References
Job 8:15He leans on his house—and it does not stand, || He takes hold on it—and it does not abide.
Job 15:34For the company of the profane [is] barren, || And fire has consumed tents of bribery.
Job 18:21Only these [are] dwelling places of the perverse, || And this [is] the place God has not known.”
Job 21:28For you say, Where [is] the house of the noble? And where the tent—the dwelling places of the wicked?
Psalms 37:10And yet a little [while], and the wicked is not, || And you have considered his place, and it is not.
Psalms 128:3Your wife [is] as a fruitful vine in the sides of your house, || Your sons as olive plants 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 →