Proverbs 14:11

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The house of the sinner will be overturned, but the tent of the upright man will do well.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 8:15 : 15 He is looking to his family for support, but it is not there; he puts his hope in it, but it comes to nothing.
  • Prov 3:33 : 33 The curse of the Lord is on the house of the evil-doer, but his blessing is on the tent of the upright.
  • Prov 12:7 : 7 Evil-doers are overturned and never seen again, but the house of upright men will keep its place.
  • Job 21:28 : 28 For you say, Where is the house of the ruler, and where is the tent of the evil-doer?
  • Ps 128:3 : 3 Your wife will be like a fertile vine in the inmost parts of your house: your children will be like olive plants round your table.
  • Job 8:6 : 6 If you are clean and upright; then he will certainly be moved to take up your cause, and will make clear your righteousness by building up your house again.
  • Job 27:13-23 : 13 This is the punishment of the evil-doer from God, and the heritage given to the cruel by the Ruler of all. 14 If his children are increased, it is for the sword; and his offspring have not enough bread. 15 When those of his house who are still living come to their end by disease, they are not put into the earth, and their widows are not weeping for them. 16 Though he may get silver together like dust, and make ready great stores of clothing; 17 He may get them ready, but the upright will put them on, and he who is free from sin will take the silver for a heritage. 18 His house has no more strength than a spider's thread, or a watchman's tent. 19 He goes to rest full of wealth, but does so for the last time: on opening his eyes, he sees it there no longer. 20 Fears overtake him like rushing waters; in the night the storm-wind takes him away. 21 The east wind takes him up and he is gone; he is forced violently out of his place. 22 God sends his arrows against him without mercy; he goes in flight before his hand. 23 Men make signs of joy because of him, driving him from his place with sounds of hissing.
  • Ps 112:2-3 : 2 His seed will be strong on the earth; blessings will be on the generation of the upright. 3 A store of wealth will be in his house, and his righteousness will be for ever.
  • Job 15:34 : 34 For the band of the evil-doers gives no fruit, and the tents of those who give wrong decisions for reward are burned with fire.
  • Job 18:14-15 : 14 He is pulled out of his tent where he was safe, and he is taken away to the king of fears. 15 In his tent will be seen that which is not his, burning stone is dropped on his house.
  • Job 18:21 : 21 Truly, these are the houses of the sinner, and this is the place of him who has no knowledge of God.
  • Job 20:26-28 : 26 All his wealth is stored up for the dark: a fire not made by man sends destruction on him, and on everything in his tent. 27 The heavens make clear his sin, and the earth gives witness against him. 28 The produce of his house is taken away into another country, like things given into the hands of others in the day of wrath.
  • Prov 21:12 : 12 The Upright One, looking on the house of the evil-doer, lets sinners be overturned to their destruction.
  • Prov 21:20 : 20 There is a store of great value in the house of the wise, but it is wasted by the foolish man.
  • Isa 58:11-12 : 11 And the Lord will be your guide at all times; in dry places he will give you water in full measure, and will make strong your bones; and you will be like a watered garden, and like an ever-flowing spring. 12 And your sons will be building again the old waste places: you will make strong the bases of old generations: and you will be named, He who puts up the broken walls, and, He who makes ready the ways for use.
  • Zech 5:4 : 4 And I will send it out, says the Lord of armies, and it will go into the house of the thief and into the house of him who takes a false oath by my name: and it will be in his house, causing its complete destruction, with its woodwork and its stones.
  • Matt 7:26-27 : 26 And everyone to whom my words come and who does them not, will be like a foolish man who made his house on sand; 27 And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house; and it came down and great was its fall.
  • Prov 11:28 : 28 He who puts his faith in wealth will come to nothing; but the upright man will be full of growth like the green leaf.

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    7 Evil-doers are overturned and never seen again, but the house of upright men will keep its place.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12 The Upright One, looking on the house of the evil-doer, lets sinners be overturned to their destruction.

  • Prov 11:10-11
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  • Prov 10:29-30
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    29 The way of the Lord is a strong tower for the upright man, but destruction to the workers of evil.

    30 The upright man will never be moved, but evil-doers will not have a safe resting-place in the land.

  • Prov 13:6
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    6 Righteousness keeps safe him whose way is without error, but evil-doers are overturned by sin.

  • Prov 11:5-6
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    5 The righteousness of the good man will make his way straight, but the sin of the evil-doer will be the cause of his fall.

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    15 Do not keep a secret watch, O evil-doer, against the fields of the upright man, or send destruction on his resting-place:

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    25 The house of the man of pride will be uprooted by the Lord, but he will make safe the heritage of the widow.

  • Prov 14:12
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    12 There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.

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    28 He who puts his faith in wealth will come to nothing; but the upright man will be full of growth like the green leaf.

  • Job 11:14
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    14 If you put far away the evil of your hands, and let no wrongdoing have a place in your tent;

  • Prov 3:33
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    33 The curse of the Lord is on the house of the evil-doer, but his blessing is on the tent of the upright.

  • Prov 14:19
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    19 The knees of the evil are bent before the good; and sinners go down in the dust at the doors of the upright.

  • Prov 2:21-22
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    21 For the upright will be living in the land, and the good will have it for their heritage.

    22 But sinners will be cut off from the land, and those whose acts are false will be uprooted.

  • Prov 15:6
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    6 In the house of the upright man there is a great store of wealth; but in the profits of the sinner there is trouble.

  • Job 22:18
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    18 Though he made their houses full of good things: but the purpose of the evil-doers is far from me!

  • Prov 28:10
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    10 Anyone causing the upright to go wandering in an evil way, will himself go down into the hole he has made; but the upright will have good things for their heritage.

  • Ps 1:6
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    6 Because the Lord sees the way of the upright, but the end of the sinner is destruction.

  • Job 12:6
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    6 There is wealth in the tents of those who make destruction, and those by whom God is moved to wrath are safe; even those whose god is their strength.

  • Prov 13:9
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    9 There is a glad dawn for the upright man, but the light of the sinner will be put out.

  • Ps 92:7
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    7 When the sinners come up like the grass, and all the workers of evil do well for themselves, it is so that their end may be eternal destruction.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7 By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.

  • Prov 14:32
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    32 The sinner is overturned in his evil-doing, but the upright man has hope in his righteousness.

  • Job 18:21
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    21 Truly, these are the houses of the sinner, and this is the place of him who has no knowledge of God.

  • Prov 11:20
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    20 The uncontrolled are hated by the Lord, but those whose ways are without error are his delight

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    21 No trouble will come to upright men, but sinners will be full of evil.

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    29 The evil-doer makes his face hard, but as for the upright, he gives thought to his way.

  • Job 20:28
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    28 The produce of his house is taken away into another country, like things given into the hands of others in the day of wrath.

  • Prov 11:8
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    8 The upright man is taken out of trouble, and in his place comes the sinner.

  • Job 18:14
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    14 He is pulled out of his tent where he was safe, and he is taken away to the king of fears.

  • Ps 37:17
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    17 For the arms of the evil-doers will be broken: but the Lord is the support of the good.

  • Prov 10:25
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    25 When the storm-wind is past, the sinner is seen no longer, but the upright man is safe for ever.

  • Prov 10:9
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    9 He whose ways are upright will go safely, but he whose ways are twisted will be made low.

  • Job 8:22
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    22 Your haters will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the sinner will not be seen again.

  • Prov 29:16
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    16 When evil men are in power, wrongdoing is increased; but the upright will have pleasure when they see their downfall.

  • Ps 37:38
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    11 Let not a man of evil tongue be safe on earth: let destruction overtake the violent man with blow on blow.

  • Prov 12:3
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    3 No man will make himself safe through evil-doing; but the root of upright men will never be moved.

  • Ps 97:11
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    11 Light is shining on the lovers of righteousness, and for the upright in heart there is joy.

  • Amos 6:11
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    11 For see, at the order of the Lord the great house will be full of cracks and the little house will be broken.

  • Prov 21:15
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    15 It is a joy to the good man to do right, but it is destruction to the workers of evil.

  • Hab 2:9
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    9 A curse on him who gets evil profits for his family, so that he may put his resting-place on high and be safe from the hand of the wrongdoer!

  • Job 21:28
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    28 For you say, Where is the house of the ruler, and where is the tent of the evil-doer?

  • Prov 28:18
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    18 He whose ways are upright will be safe, but sudden will be the fall of him whose ways are twisted.