Proverbs 11:9

בְּפֶה חָנֵף יַשְׁחִת רֵעֵהוּ וּבְדַעַת צַדִּיקִים יֵחָלֵֽצוּ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.

In Context

8צַדִּיק מִצָּרָה נֶחֱלָץ וַיָּבֹא רָשָׁע תַּחְתָּֽיו ׃

10בְּטוּב צַדִּיקִים תַּעֲלֹץ קִרְיָה וּבַאֲבֹד רְשָׁעִים רִנָּֽה ׃

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Cross References

1 Kings 13:18וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ גַּם ־ אֲנִי נָבִיא כָּמוֹךָ וּמַלְאָךְ דִּבֶּר אֵלַי בִּדְבַר יְהוָה לֵאמֹר הֲשִׁבֵהוּ אִתְּךָ אֶל ־ בֵּיתֶךָ וְיֹאכַל לֶחֶם וְיֵשְׁתְּ מָיִם כִּחֵשׁ לֽוֹ ׃

1 Kings 22:20וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה מִי יְפַתֶּה אֶת ־ אַחְאָב וְיַעַל וְיִפֹּל בְּרָמֹת גִּלְעָד וַיֹּאמֶר זֶה בְּכֹה וְזֶה אֹמֵר בְּכֹֽה ׃

Job 34:30מִמְּלֹךְ אָדָם חָנֵף מִמֹּקְשֵׁי עָֽם ׃

Psalms 55:20יִשְׁמַע ׀ אֵל ׀ וְֽיַעֲנֵם וְיֹשֵׁב קֶדֶם סֶלָה אֲשֶׁר אֵין חֲלִיפוֹת לָמוֹ וְלֹא יָרְאוּ אֱלֹהִֽים ׃

Proverbs 4:5קְנֵה חָכְמָה קְנֵה בִינָה אַל ־ תִּשְׁכַּח וְאַל ־ תֵּט מֵֽאִמְרֵי ־ פִֽי ׃

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 →

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