Proverbs 14:11
in Proverbs 14The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
The house of the wicked shall be overthrown; But the tent of the upright shall flourish.
KJV
The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
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This verse in Proverbs 14
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
The house of the wicked will be destroyed
The wicked man builds a house, and it is overthrown; the upright man pitches only a tent, temporary by its own name, and it flourishes. Henry draws the contrast on purpose: the proverb measures endurance by the builder's standing with God rather than by the building's material.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
The house of the wicked will be destroyed, etc. He indeed uses a house in dwelling, but tents on a journey; thus the house of the impious will be destroyed because they lose the habitation of the present life, in which they always desired to …
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
The house of the wicked shall be overthrown,....
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
One’s heart knows the bitterness of his soul His toil and labor that he toiled with the Torah. Therefore, in his joy a stranger shall not mingle.
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
There is a way that seems right to a man He commits a transgression and says, “There is no transgression in it.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 2 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
6 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בֵּ֣ית | beit | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| רְ֭שָׁעִים | reshaim | wicked [people] | H7563 → | 263 times |
| יִשָּׁמֵ֑ד | yishamed | it will be destroyed | H8045 → | |
| וְאֹ֖הֶל | veohel | and [the] tent of | H168 → | |
| יְשָׁרִ֣ים | yesharim | upright [people] | H3477 → | 119 times |
| יַפְרִֽיחַ׃ | yafriach | it will flourish | H6524 → |
בֵּ֣ית[the] house of
beitH1004 →2046 times
רְ֭שָׁעִיםwicked [people]
reshaimH7563 →263 times
יִשָּׁמֵ֑דit will be destroyed
yishamedH8045 →
וְאֹ֖הֶלand [the] tent of
veohelH168 →
יְשָׁרִ֣יםupright [people]
yesharimH3477 →119 times
יַפְרִֽיחַ׃it will flourish
yafriachH6524 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Proverbs 3:33The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous.
it leads to
- Psalms 37:22
Surely those He blesses will inherit the land, but the cursed will be destroyed.
- Leviticus 26:14–46
If, however, you fail to obey Me and to carry out all these commandments,
- Job 8:6–7
if you are pure and upright, even now He will rouse Himself on your behalf and restore your righteous estate.
- Psalms 91:10
no evil will befall you, no plague will approach your tent.
- Malachi 2:2
If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name,” says the LORD of Hosts, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse…
- Psalms 37:22
Through
Zechariah 5:4I will send it out, declares the LORD of Hosts, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of him who swears falsely by My name. It will remain inside…
it leads to
- Proverbs 3:33
The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous.
- Habakkuk 2:9–11
Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster!
- Proverbs 3:33
Through
Proverbs 21:12The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked and brings the wicked to ruin.
it leads to
- Psalms 37:35–36
I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,
- Psalms 37:35–36
Where this verse is studied
About Proverbs
This page draws on Bede, Commentary on Proverbs; Charles Bridges, An Exposition of the Book of Proverbs; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.