Proverbs 14:11
The house of the lawless, shall be destroyed, but, the tent of the upright, shall flourish.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 its own bitterness, and, in its joy, no stranger shareth.
12There is a way that enticeth a man, but, at the latter end thereof, are the ways of death!
Cross References
Job 8:15He leaneth upon his house, and it will not stand, he holdeth it fast, and it will not remain erect.
Job 15:34For, the family of the impious, is unfruitful, and, a fire, hath devoured the tents of bribery;
Job 18:21Surely, these, are the dwellings of him that is perverse, and, this, is the place of him that knoweth not GOD.
Job 21:28For ye say, Where is the house of the noble-minded? And where the dwelling-tent of the lawless?
Psalms 37:10Yet a little, therefore, and the lawless one shall not be, Yea thou shalt look about, over his place—and he shall have vanished!
Psalms 128:3Thy wife, like a fruitful vine, within the recesses of thy house,—Thy children, like plantings of olive-trees, 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 →