Proverbs 14:11
The houses of ungodly men shall be utterly destroyed; but the tabernacles of them that walk uprightly shall stand.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
In Context
Cross References
Job 8:15If he should prop up his house, it shall not stand: and when he has taken hold of it, it shall not remain.
Job 15:34For death is the witness of an ungodly man, and fire shall burn the houses of them that receive gifts.
Job 18:21These are the houses of the unrighteous, and this is the place of them that know not the Lord.
Job 21:28so that you⌃ will say, Where is the house of the prince? and where is the covering of the tabernacles of the ungodly?
Psalms 37:10My heart is troubled, my strength has failed me; and the light of my eyes is not with me. 1
Psalms 128:3The sinners wrought upon my back: they prolonged their + 128:3 שיך iniquity, easily read for שוכה a furrow. iniquity. 1
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 →