11 The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.
12 There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to 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.