Proverbs 14:11
The house of the wicked is destroyed, And the tent of the upright flourisheth.
Young's Literal Translation
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 with its joy a stranger doth not intermeddle.
12There is a way — right before a man, And its latter end [are] ways of death.
Cross References
Job 8:15He leaneth on his house — and it standeth not: He taketh hold on it — and it abideth not.
Job 15:34For the company of the profane [is] gloomy, And fire hath consumed tents of bribery.
Job 18:21Only these [are] tabernacles of the perverse, And this the place God hath not known.
Job 21:28For ye say, 'Where [is] the house of the noble? And where the tent — The tabernacles of the wicked?'
Psalms 37:10And yet a little, and the wicked is not, And thou hast considered his place, and it is not.
Psalms 128:3Thy wife [is] as a fruitful vine in the sides of thy house, Thy sons as 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 →