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Proverbs 14:11

The wicked man might be rich. He might live in a wealthy house. The good man might be poor. He might only live in a poor tent.

Other people might think that a wicked man is really good. They might see his wealth. They might even suppose that God is pleased with that man.

God knows the truth. When God acts as judge, God will not care about a man’s wealth. God will still punish a wicked man.

The wicked man might not even know who destroyed his house. He might not realise why he lost his wealth. God has punished this wicked man.

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See also Proverbs 14:11 in other biblical comments:

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 14 THE WISE AND THE FOOLISH: THE RICH AND THE POOR The contrast now concerns the wise and the foolish, the rich and the poor. Let us see some of these contrasts. “In the mouth of the foolish i...

  • 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 political a...

  • 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-6, for...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    CHAPTER 14 TEXT Proverbs 14:1-12 1. Every wise woman buildeth her house; But the foolish plucketh it down with her own hands. 2. He that walketh in his uprightness feareth Jehovah; But he that i...

  • 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. The abo...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    TABERNACLE] or 'tent,' used for 'house' (1 Kings 12:16)....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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

  • 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. Pr...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    בֵּ֣ית רְ֭שָׁעִים יִשָּׁמֵ֑ד וְ אֹ֖הֶל יְשָׁרִ֣ים...

  • 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 the...

  • 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 abandone...

  • 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 wh...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole 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 ano...

  • 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 at...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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 it as...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The 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 magnificent...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Proverbs 14:11 house H1004 wicked H7563 overthrown H8045 (H8735) tent H168 upright H3477 flourish H6524 (H8686)

  • 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). The whole emphasis of Proverbs is on following God's wisdom. By doing so the shrewd man understands his w...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The house of the wicked, though built ever so strong and high, shall be brought to disgrace and at length made extinct. The...

  • 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 knowle...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 14:8 This section begins and ends with contrasts between the PRUDENT (vv. Proverbs 14:8,...

  • The 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 hold...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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 beneficially. Γυναι...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Continuation of the contrasting of goodness and evil. Every wise woman (Proverbs 14:1) And wise and foolish contrasted always, too. Every wise woman builds her house (Proverbs 14:1): She takes care...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Isaiah 58:11; Isaiah 58:12; Job 15:34; Job 18:14; Job 18:15;...

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