Proverbs 11:9
With the mouth a hypocrite corrupteth his friend, And by knowledge the righteous are drawn out.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
8The righteous from distress is drawn out, And the wicked goeth in instead of him.
10In the good of the righteous a city exulteth, And in the destruction of the wicked [is] singing.
Cross References
1 Kings 13:18And he saith to him, 'I also [am] a prophet like thee, and a messenger spake unto me by the word of Jehovah, saying, Bring him back with thee unto thy house, and he doth eat bread and drink water;' — he hath lied to him.
1 Kings 22:20and Jehovah saith, Who doth entice Ahab, and he doth go up and fall in Ramoth-Gilead? and this one saith thus, and that one is saying thus.
Job 34:30From the reigning of a profane man, From the snares of a people;
Psalms 55:20He hath sent forth his hands against his well-wishers, He hath polluted his covenant.
Proverbs 4:5Get wisdom, get understanding, Do not forget, nor turn away From the sayings of my mouth.
Matthew 7:15'But, take heed of the false prophets, who come unto you in sheep's clothing, and 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 →