11 The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
11 The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.
12 There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.
11 Lives of careless wrongdoing are tumbledown shacks; holy living builds soaring cathedrals.
12 There's a way of life that looks harmless enough; look again - it leads straight to hell.
11 The house of the wicked will be overthrown, But the tent of the upright will flourish.
12 There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death.
11 The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the godly will flourish.
12 There is a path before each person that seems right, but it ends in death.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 14:11-12
Commentary on Proverbs 14:11
(Read Proverbs 14:11)
Sin ruins many great families; whilst righteousness often raises and strengthens even mean families.
Commentary on Proverbs 14:12-13
(Read Proverbs 14:12-13)
The ways of carelessness, of worldliness, and of sensuality, seem right to those that walk in them; but self-deceivers prove self-destroyers. See the vanity of carnal mirth.