Proverbs 11:9
With his mouth the godless person destroys his neighbor, 1 but through knowledge righteous people are kept safe. 1
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8The righteous person is kept away from trouble 1 and it comes upon the wicked instead. 1
10When righteous people prosper, a city rejoices; 1 when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy. 1
Cross References
1 Kings 13:18So the old prophet said to him, “I also am a prophet as you are, and an angel spoke to me by the word of Yahweh, saying, 'Bring him back with you into your house, that he may eat food and drink water.'” But he was lying to the man of God.
1 Kings 22:20Yahweh said, 'Who will entice Ahab, so that he may go up and fall at Ramoth Gilead?' One of them said this and another one said that.
Job 34:30so that a godless man may not rule, 1 so that there may be no one to entrap people. 1
Psalms 55:20My friend has raised his hands against those who were at peace with him; 1 he has not respected the covenant that he had. 1
Proverbs 4:5Acquire wisdom and understanding; 1 do not forget and do not reject the words of my mouth; 1
Matthew 7:15Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but are truly 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 →