Proverbs 11:9
A chanef (hypocrite, man without G-d) with his peh (mouth) destroyeth his re'a, 1 but through da'as (knowledge) shall the tzaddikim be delivered. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
8The tzaddik is delivered out of tzoros, 1 but the rashah cometh on to take his place. 1
Cross References
1 Kings 13:18He said unto him, I am a navi also as thou art; and a malach spoke unto me by the Devar Hashem, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine bais, that he may eat lechem and drink mayim. But he lied unto him.
1 Kings 22:20And Hashem said, Who shall persuade Ach'av, that he may go up and fall at Ramot-Gil'ad? And one said one thing, and one said another.
Job 34:30That the chanef (hypocrite) reign not, 1 nor those who ensnare the people. 1
Psalms 55:20El (G-d) shall hear, and afflict them, 1 even He that abideth kedem (of old, forever). 1 Selah 1 Because they do not change, 1 therefore they fear not Elohim. 1
Proverbs 4:5Acquire chochmah, acquire binah (understanding); forget it not; 1 neither turn from the words of my peh (mouth). 1
Matthew 7:15Beware of the neviei hasheker (false prophets), who come to you in the malbush (clothing) of kevasim (sheep), but within are ravenous ze'evim (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 →