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Proverbs 14:11
The house of the sinner will be overturned, but the tent of the upright man will do well.
Proverbs 14:11 · Bible in Basic English
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Proverbs 14:11 in other translations
The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.
The house of the wicked will be overthrown, but the tent of the upright will flourish.
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In context
8 The wisdom of the man of good sense makes his way clear; but the unwise behaviour of the foolish is deceit.
9 In the tents of those hating authority there is error, but in the house of the upright man there is grace.
10 No one has knowledge of a man's grief but himself; and a strange person has no part in his joy.
11 The house of the sinner will be overturned, but the tent of the upright man will do well.
12 There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.
13 Even while laughing the heart may be sad; and after joy comes sorrow.
14 He whose heart is turned away will have the reward of his ways in full measure; but a good man will have the reward of his doings.
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