Proverbs 14:11
The house of the wicked will be overthrown, but the tent of the upright will flourish.
World Messianic 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 and joy; he will not share these with a stranger.
12There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.
Cross References
Job 8:15He will lean on his house, but it will not stand. He will cling to it, but it will not endure.
Job 15:34For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.
Job 18:21Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous. This is the place of him who doesn’t know God.”
Job 21:28For you say, ‘Where is the house of the prince? Where is the tent in which the wicked lived?’
Psalms 37:10For yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more. Yes, though you look for his place, he isn’t there.
Psalms 128:3Your wife will be as a fruitful vine in the innermost parts of your house, your children like olive shoots 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 →