Proverbs 14:11

Proverbs 14:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
• New International Version (NIV)The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The house of the wicked will be overthrown, But the tent of the upright will flourish.

Context of Proverbs 14:11

9Fools make a mock at trespass; but for the upright there is favour. 10The heart knoweth its own bitterness, and a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy. The house of the wicked shall be overthrown; but the tent of the upright shall flourish. 12There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof is the ways of death. 13Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the end of mirth is sadness.

Proverbs 14:11 word by word

בֵּ֣ית רְ֭שָׁעִים יִשָּׁמֵ֑ד וְאֹ֖הֶל יְשָׁרִ֣ים יַפְרִֽיחַ׃Read the interlinear

• houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
• wickedרָשָׁעrâshâ‛ · wickedH7563
• tentאֹ֫הֶל'ôhel · tentH168
• uprightיָשָׁרyâshâr · uprightH3477

Cross-references for Proverbs 14:11

• Proverbs 3:33The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked; but he blesseth the habitation of the righteous.
• Proverbs 12:7Overthrow the wicked, and they are no [more]; but the house of the righteous shall stand.
• Proverbs 21:12One that is righteous wisely considereth the house of the wicked: he overthroweth the wicked to [their] ruin.
• Job 8:15He shall lean upon his house, and it shall not stand; he shall lay hold on it, but it shall not endure.
• Job 15:34For the family of the ungodly shall be barren, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
• Job 18:14His confidence shall be rooted out of his tent, and it shall lead him away to the king of terrors:
• Job 20:26All darkness is laid up for his treasures: a fire not blown shall devour him; it shall feed upon what is left in his tent.
• Job 21:28For ye say, Where is the house of the noble? and where the tent of the dwellings of the wicked?
• Job 27:13This is the portion of the wicked man with God, and the heritage of the violent, which they receive from the Almighty: —
• Zechariah 5:4I will cause it to go forth, saith Jehovah of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name; and it shall lodge in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.
• Matthew 7:26And every one who hears these my words and does not do them, he shall be likened to a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand;
• Proverbs 11:28He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall flourish as a leaf.
• Proverbs 21:20There is costly store and oil in the dwelling of a wise [man]; but a foolish man swalloweth it up.
• Job 8:6If thou be pure and upright, surely now he will awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous;
• Psalms 112:2His seed shall be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright shall be blessed.
• Psalms 128:3Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine in the inner part of thy house; thy children like olive-plants round about thy table.

Commentaries on Proverbs 14:11

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11Verse 11 Sin ruins many great families; whilst righteousness often raises and strengthens even mean families.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11A house is usually more stable than a tent, but wickedness destroys and tears down, while godliness builds up (Proverbs 14:1).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. (Compare Pr 12:7). The contrast of the whole is enhanced by that of house and tabernacle, a permanent and a temporary dwelling.Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 14:11

• Sin

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Commentaries on Proverbs 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings