Proverbs 11:9
The hypocrite destroys his neighbor with his mouth, but the righteous shall be delivered through knowledge.
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In Context
8A righteous man is delivered out of trouble, and a wicked man comes in his stead.
Cross References
1 Kings 13:18And he said to him, I also am a prophet as thou are. And a [heavenly] agent spoke to me by the word of LORD, saying, Bring him back with thee into thy house that he may eat bread and drink water. [But] he lied to him.
1 Kings 22:20And LORD said, Who shall entice Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner.
Job 34:30that the profane man not reign, that there be none to ensnare the people.
Psalms 55:20He has put forth his hands against such as were at peace with him. He has profaned his covenant.
Proverbs 4:5Get wisdom, get understanding. Do not forget, nor decline from the words of my mouth.
Matthew 7:15But beware of FALSE prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are predatory wolves.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 11:9
8 The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead. As always in death, so sometimes in life, the righteous are remarkably favoured and the wicked crossed. 1. Good people are helped out of the distresses which they thought themselves lost in, and their feet are set in a large room, Ps. lxvi. 12 ; xxxiv. 19 . God has found out a way to deliver his people even when they have despaired and their enemies have triumphed, as if the wilderness had shut them in. 2. The wicked have fallen into… Read the whole commentary →