Proverbs 11:9
With his mouth the impious man destroyeth his neighbour; but through knowledge shall the righteous be delivered.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
8The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.
10When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth; and when the wicked perish, there is joy.
Cross References
1 Kings 13:18And he said unto him: 'I also am a prophet as thou art; and an angel spoke unto me by the word of the LORD, saying: Bring him back with thee into thy house, that he may eat bread and drink water.' — He lied unto him. —
1 Kings 22:20And the 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 godless man reign not, that there be none to ensnare the people.
Psalms 55:20(55-21) He hath put forth his hands against them that were at peace with him; he hath profaned his covenant.
Proverbs 4:5Get wisdom, get understanding; forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth;
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 →