Proverbs 14:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

• Proverbs 14:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Proverbs 14. In this, as in each of the preceding Chapter s in this section, aphorisms on the moral government of the world come first in number. There are rather more in this chapter of a politica...

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• Proverbs 14:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  the wicked . lawless ones. Hebrew. rasha'. App-44. See notes on Proverbs 14:32 . tabernacle . a-tent, or dwelling. Hebrew. 'ohel. App-40. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-...

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• Proverbs 14:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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

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• Proverbs 14:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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

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• Proverbs 14:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  1. The prosperity of the family depends on the wife ( Proverbs 31:10-31 ).

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• Proverbs 14:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  The house of the wicked shall be overthrown. — Observe the contrast between the “house” and “tabernacle” (tent); the slighter one shall stand, while the more strongly built one shall perish. (Comp....

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• Proverbs 14:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER 15 THE INWARD UNAPPROACHABLE LIFE "The heart knoweth its own bitterness and a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy."- Proverbs 14:10 "Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and...

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• Proverbs 14:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Verse Proverbs 14:7 . The sense of this proverb is entirely altered in the Revision. The Authorized reading would make it mean that if a man is perceived to be devoid of knowledge he should be aband...

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• Proverbs 14:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy. The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish. There is a way w...

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• Proverbs 14:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  The house of the wicked shall be overthrown ,.... Houses built to perpetuate their names and eternize their memory; and which, though built high and stately, strong and firm, yet by one accident or...

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• Proverbs 14:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish. Ver. 11. The house of the wicked shall be overthrown. ] As Phoca's high walls were, because sin was a...

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• Proverbs 14:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        11 The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.       Note, 1. Sin is the ruin of great families: The house of the wicked, though built...

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• Proverbs 14:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  The house; their dwelling and family. The tabernacle; which is a weak, and poor, and unstable thing, soon reared up, and soon taken down, and is here opposed to the large, and strong, and magnifi...

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• Proverbs 14:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  We Are To Follow The Ways Of The Wise And Shrewd, Not The Ways Of The Foolish ( Proverbs 14:7-16 ). The whole emphasis of Proverbs is on following God's wisdom. By doing so the shrewd man understa...

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• Proverbs 14:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 14:10 . Zöckler reads the latter clause, “Let no stranger,” etc. Miller renders the whole verse, “A knowing heart is a bitterness to itself; but with its joy it does not...

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• Proverbs 14:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Proverbs 14:1 . Every wise woman buildeth her house, as Proverbs 9:1 , by training up her children to industry, piety and virtue. She is their first governess, and daily instils the elements of k...

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• Proverbs 14:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Proverbs 14:1 Every wise woman buildeth her house. Wise women order well their household matters and their families; they have an important influence, and exercise it beneficia...

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• Proverbs 14:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  v. 11. The house of the wicked shall be overthrown, no matter how permanent they believe it to be; but the tabernacle of the upright, their tent, their temporary dwelling, for they do not regard...

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• Proverbs 14:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Isaiah 58:11 ; Isaiah 58:12 ; Job 15:34 ; Job 18:14 ; Job 18:15 ; Job 18:21 ; Job 20:26-28 ; Job 21:28 ; Job 27:13-23 ; Job 8:15 ; Job 8:6 ; Matthew 7:26 ; Matthew 7:27 ; Proverbs 11:28...

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