Proverbs 11:9
The pretender deceives his friend by mouth. But the just shall be freed by knowledge.
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In Context
8The just one is freed from anguish. And the impious one will be handed over instead of him.
Cross References
1 Kings 13:18And he said to him: “I, too, am a prophet like you. And an Angel spoke to me, by the word of the Lord, saying, ‘Lead him back with you to your house, so that he may eat bread, and drink water.’” And so he deceived him.
1 Kings 22:20And the Lord said, ‘Who will mislead Ahab, the king of Israel, so that he may ascend and fall at Ramoth Gilead?’ And one spoke words in this manner, and another spoke otherwise.
Job 34:30He causes a hypocritical man to reign because of the sins of the people.
Proverbs 4:5Obtain wisdom, obtain prudence. May you neither forget, nor turn away from, the words of my mouth.
Matthew 7:15Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous 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 →