Proverbs 14 · Verse 11

Proverbs 14:11

The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
Proverbs 14:11, King James Version

Proverbs 14:11 in other translations

BSBThe house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.
WEBThe house of the wicked will be overthrown, but the tent of the upright will flourish.
ASVThe house of the wicked shall be overthrown; But the tent of the upright shall flourish.
YLTThe house of the wicked is destroyed, And the tent of the upright flourisheth.
DARBYThe house of the wicked shall be overthrown; but the tent of the upright shall flourish.
BBEThe house of the sinner will be overturned, but the tent of the upright man will do well.
WebsterThe house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.

What does Proverbs 14:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
11. (Compare Pr 12:7). The contrast of the whole is enhanced by that of house and tabernacle, a permanent and a temporary dwelling.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
Sin ruins many great families; whilst righteousness often raises and strengthens even mean families.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Proverbs 14:11 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בֵּ֣יתbeit[the] house ofH1004
רְ֭שָׁעִיםRe.sha.'imwicked [people]H7563
יִשָּׁמֵ֑דyi.sha.Medit will be destroyedH8045
וְאֹ֖הֶלve.'O.heland [the] tent ofH168
יְשָׁרִ֣יםye.sha.Rimupright [people]H3477
יַפְרִֽיחַ\׃yaf.Ri.achit will flourishH6524

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Proverbs 14:11

  • Proverbs 3:33

    The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.

  • Proverbs 12:7

    The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.

  • Matthew 7:26-27

    And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

  • Proverbs 21:12

    The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.

  • Job 21:28

    For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?

  • Zechariah 5:4

    I will bring it forth, saith the Lord 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 remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.

  • Job 18:14-15

    His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors. It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

  • Proverbs 11:28

    He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.

  • Job 8:15

    He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.

  • Proverbs 21:20

    There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.

  • Isaiah 58:11-12

    And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not. And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.

  • Job 8:6

    If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
house.
3:33; 12:7; 21:12; Job 8:15; 15:34; 18:14,15,21; 20:26-28; 21:28
Job 27:13-23; Zec 5:4; Mt 7:26,27
the tabernacle.
11:28; 21:20; Job 8:6; Ps 112:2,3; 128:3; Isa 58:11,12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Proverbs 14:10

    The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.

  • Proverbs 14:11

    The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.

  • Proverbs 14:12

    There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

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Proverbs 14:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		La casa de los impíos será asolada: mas florecerá la tienda de los rectos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		La maison des méchants sera détruite, mais la tente des hommes droits fleurira.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Das Haus der Gesetzlosen wird vertilgt werden, aber das Zelt der Aufrichtigen wird emporblühen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Domus impiorum delebitur: tabernacula vero justorum germinabunt.