Proverbs 14:11
The house of wicked people will be destroyed, 1 but the tent of upright people will flourish. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
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 1 and no stranger shares its joy. 1
12There is a way that seems right to a man, 1 but its end only leads to death. 1
Cross References
Job 8:15He leans on his house, but it will not support him; 1 he takes hold of it, but it does not stand. 1
Job 15:34For the company of godless people will be barren; 1 fire will consume their tents of bribery. 1
Job 18:21Surely such are the homes of unrighteous people, 1 the places of those who do not know God.”
Job 21:28For you say, 'Where now is the house of the prince? 1 Where is the tent in which the wicked man once lived?' 1
Psalms 37:10In a little while the evil man will disappear; 1 you will look at his place, but he will be gone. 1
Psalms 128:3Your wife will be like a fruitful vine 1 in your house; 1 your children will be like olive plants 1 as they sit around your table. 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 →