Proverbs 14:11
The house of the wicked shalbe destroyed: but the tabernacle of the righteous shall florish.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 knoweth the bitternes of his soule, and the stranger shall not medle with his ioy.
12There is a way that seemeth right to a man: but the issues thereof are the wayes of death.
Cross References
Job 8:15He shall leane vpon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall holde him fast by it, yet shall it not endure.
Job 15:34For the congregation of the hypocrite shalbe desolate, and fire shall deuoure the houses of bribes.
Job 18:21Surely such are the habitations of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
Job 21:28For ye say, Where is the princes house? and where is the tabernacle of the wickeds dwelling?
Psalms 37:10Therefore yet a litle while, and the wicked shall not appeare, and thou shalt looke after his place, and he shall not be found.
Psalms 128:3Thy wife shalbe as the fruitfull vine on the sides of thine house, and thy children like the oliue plantes round about thy 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 →