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Proverbs 11:8
v. 8. The righteous is delivered out of trouble, the Lord Himself being his Deliverer, 2 Timothy 4:18, and the wicked cometh in his stead, taking the place of the righteous in the midst of trouble.
v. 8. The righteous is delivered out of trouble, the Lord Himself being his Deliverer, 2 Timothy 4:18, and the wicked cometh in his stead, taking the place of the righteous in the midst of trouble.
Verse Proverbs 11:8. _THE WICKED COMETH IN HIS STEAD._] Often God makes this distinction; in public calamities and in sudden accidents he rescues the righteous, and leaves the wicked, who has filled u...
CHAPTER 11 THE CONTRAST CONTINUED The continued contrast in this chapter between the righteous and the wicked contains many precious gems, sweet to faith and wholesome for instruction. In the second v...
PROVERBS 11. The orthodox view of strictly retributive justice found in Proverbs 10:24 f., Proverbs 11:27 is represented by a further group (Proverbs 11:2;...
THE RIGHTEOUS. A righteous one. DELIVERED. drawn out, liberated with gentle effort. Hebrew. _chalaz_. The same word as in Proverbs 11:9, but not the same as in verses: Proverbs 11:4; Proverbs 11:6;...
CHAPTER 11 TEXT Proverbs 11:1-11 1. A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; But a just weight is his delight. 2. When pride cometh, then cometh shame; But with the lowly is wisdom. 3. Th...
The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead. THE RIGHTEOUS IS DELIVERED OUT OF TROUBLE, AND THE WICKED COMETH IN HIS STEAD - as happened in the case of Daniel and...
A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight. Under this prohibition of "a false balance" is forbidden all fraud, by whatsoever suns of deception it may be committed,...
1. False weights were exceedingly common (Proverbs 16:11; Proverbs 20:10; Amos 8:5)....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 11 V1 God hates false measurements. God loves honest measurements. v
Both verses explain that a good person can avoid troubles. In verse 8, God cares about a good man. But an evil man will suffer. Verse 9 explains how a good man can avoid trouble. He is wise, because...
THE RIGHTEOUS IS DELIVERED OUT OF TROUBLE.... — That is, misfortunes pass by the righteous and fall upon the wicked. (Comp. Proverbs 21:18.) Or, it may mean that the righteous “is taken away from the...
צַ֭דִּיק מִ צָּרָ֣ה נֶחֱלָ֑ץ וַ יָּבֹ֖א רָשָׁ
CHAPTER 12 GOODNESS "The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them." Proverbs 11:6 "An unjust man is the abomination of the righteous, and he who goes right in his way is the abomination of t...
Verse Proverbs 11:7. The antithesis of this proverb is between the condition described and that of one not described, that is to say, the expectation or hope of the wicked lies wholly on this side of...
The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his (c) stead. (c) That is, will enter into trouble....
_For him. As comparatively nothing worth to his master, chap. xxi. 18., and Isaias xliii. 3_...
The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead. An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered. When it goeth we...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...
THE RIGHTEOUS IS DELIVERED OUT OF TROUBLE,.... One after another he comes into, if not in this life, yet at death; which is to him a perfect deliverance out of all tribulation; see Revelation 7:14; or...
The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead. Ver. 8. _And the wicked cometh in his stead._] Thus it befell Haman, and Daniel's enemies, and those inhuman Edomites, L...
_When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish_ All his hope and felicity, which he placed wholly in earthly things, are lost and gone with him; _and the hope of unjust men_, &c. This clause,...
1-9 When children are under the mother's eye, she has an opportunity of fashioning their minds aright. Those who are grown up, should often call to mind the good teaching they received when children....
Is by God's providence brought into the same miseries, which either he designed against the righteous, or had formerly inflicted upon the righteous, and now lately removed from them....
Proverbs 11:8 righteous H6662 delivered H2502 (H8738) trouble H6869 comes H935 (H8799) wicked H7563 instead...
NEIGHBOURS AND FELLOW-CITIZENS (PROVERBS 11:8). Solomon now deals with contrasts between the righteous and the wicked with regard to their neighbours and fellow-citizens. The first two verses in the s...
THE TRIUMPH OF RIGHTEOUSNESS AND THE SAD END OF UNRIGHTEOUSNESS (PROVERBS 11:4). These next five verses lay great emphasis on the advantages of righteousness (obedience to YHWH's requirements). Righte...
CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The ways of righteousness are plain and safe and in them we may enjoy a holy security. The ways of wickedness are dangerous...
Proverbs 11:1. _A false balance is an abomination to the Lord._ A dishonest tradesman here receives a hard stroke. Though his weight be but little short of the standard; yet by using it a thousand tim...
_The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead._ TROUBLE IN ITS RELATION TO THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE WICKED All men have their troubles. The relation of the good and the...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 11:1 These proverbs focus on matters of financial and personal security. ⇐ ⇔
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 11:7 The EXPECTATION and HOPE provided by wealth will be useless WHEN THE WICKED DIES....
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 11:8_ THE WICKED COMING IN THE STEAD OF THE RIGHTEOUS I. THIS PROVERB MUST BE FULFILLED FROM THE NATURE OF THE CASE. If a vessel is being steered straight for the rocks n...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 11:1 A FALSE BALANCE; literally, _balances of deceit _(Proverbs 20:23). The repetition of the injunctions of Deuteronomy 25:13,...
Shall we turn now in Proverbs to the eleventh chapter. Now we have come in the Proverbs to individual little sayings of wisdom. Each one is separate and complete in itself and unrelated to the next. S...
Daniel 6:23; Daniel 6:24; Esther 7:10; Esther 7:9; Isaiah 43:3;...
Cometh — Into trouble....