Proverbs 11:9
By his mouth the vile man destroyeth his neighbor; But by the knowledge of the righteous are men delivered.
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8The righteous man is delivered from trouble, And the wicked cometh into it in his stead.
Cross References
Job 34:30So is it with nations and individuals alike! That the wicked may no more rule, And may not be snares to the people.
Psalms 55:20They lift up their hands against their friend, And break their covenant with him.
Proverbs 4:5Get wisdom, get understanding; Forget not, and depart not from, the words of my mouth.
Matthew 7:15Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening 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 →