Proverbs 14:11
The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
Webster 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 knoweth its own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy.
12There is a way which seemeth right to a man, but the end of it are the ways of death.
Cross References
Job 8:15He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
Job 15:34For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.
Job 18:21Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
Job 21:28For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?
Psalms 37:10For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be : yes, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be .
Psalms 128:3Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thy house: thy children like olive plants around 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 →