Proverbs 15:11
The underworld, yea, the region of death, is before the LORD; How much more the hearts of the sons of men!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?
In Context
10Sore chastisement shall be to him that forsaketh the way; He that hateth reproof shall die.
12The scoffer loveth not his reprover; He will not resort to the wise.
Cross References
Psalms 7:9Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked be at an end; But establish the righteous! For the righteous God trieth the heart and the reins.
Psalms 139:8If I ascend into heaven, thou art there! If I make my bed in the underworld, behold, thou art there!
Jeremiah 17:10I, Jehovah, search the heart, And try the reins, To give to every man according to his ways, And according to the fruit of his doings.
John 21:17He saith to him the third time, Simon, son of John, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said to him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith to him, Feed my sheep.
Revelation 1:18and he that liveth; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive for evermore; and I have the keys of death and the underworld.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 15:11
10 Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die. This shows that those who cannot bear to be corrected must expect to be destroyed. 1. It is common for those who have known the way of righteousness, but have forsaken it, to reckon it a great affront to be reproved and admonished. They are very uneasy at reproof; they cannot, they will not, bear it; nay, because they hate to be reformed, they hate to be reproved, and hate those who deal faithfully and kindly with… Read the whole commentary →