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11The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
Proverbs 14:11 —
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Matthew Henry
(vv. 11)Note, 1. Sin is the ruin of great families: The house of the wicked , though built ever so strong and high, shall be overthrown , shall be brought to poverty and disgrace, and at length be extinct. His hope for heaven, the house on which he leans, shall not stand, but fail in the storm; the deluge that comes will sweep it away. 2. Righteousness is the rise and stability even of mean families: Even...
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