Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Proverbs 11:9
Through knowledge - Better, By the knowledge of the just, shall they (i. e., the neighbors) be delivered.
Through knowledge - Better, By the knowledge of the just, shall they (i. e., the neighbors) be delivered.
Verse Proverbs 11:9. _A HYPOCRITE WITH_ HIS _MOUTH_] חנף _chaneph_ might be better translated _infidel_ than _hypocrite_. The latter is one that pretends to religion; that uses it for _secular purpos...
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;...
MOUTH. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for what is said by it. THE JUST. righteous ones....
_be delivered_ i.e. from the destruction wrought by the "mouth of the hypocrite, (or godless man R.V.)". His knowledge will enable him to see and avoid the snare (παγὶς, LXX.). Some, however, would r...
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...
An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered. AN HYPOCRITE (OR ELSE, A PROFANE PERSON; HEBREW, CHANEEPH) WITH (HIS) MOUTH DESTROYETH HIS...
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,...
11:9 hypocrite (c-5) Or 'an impious man.' neighbour; (d-8) Or 'friend,' as often. so ver. 12....
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...
AN HYPOCRITE. — Rather, _the impure, profane._ THROUGH KNOWLEDGE. — The just, by the knowledge given them by God, shall see through the fraud....
בְּ פֶ֗ה חָ֭נֵף יַשְׁחִ֣ת רֵעֵ֑הוּ וּ֝ בְ
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...
An (d) hypocrite with [his] mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered. (d) A deceiver who pretends friendship, but privately is an enemy....
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...
AN HYPOCRITE WITH [HIS] MOUTH DESTROYETH HIS NEIGHBOUR,.... Deceives him with his flatteries and lies, and draws him into destructive schemes and practices; or "corrupts" him, as the word i signifies,...
An hypocrite with [his] mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered. Ver. 9. _An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth._] That is, The flatterer, slanderer, evil c...
_A hypocrite with his mouth_ By his corrupt communication; _destroyeth his neighbour_ Draws him into error or sin; _but through knowledge_ Namely, of God and of his word, which, making men wise, disco...
V. 9. AN HYPOCRITE WITH HIS MOUTH DESTROYETH HIS NEIGHBOR, for with his flattering he hides his real intention until he accomplishes his evil purpose; BUT THROUGH KNOWLEDGE SHALL THE JUST BE DELIVERED...
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....
WITH HIS MOUTH; by his corrupt communication, whereby he endeavours to draw him to error or wickedness. THROUGH KNOWLEDGE, to wit, of God, and of his word, which makes men wise, and discovers, and so...
Proverbs 11:9 hypocrite H2611 mouth H6310 destroys H7843 (H8686) neighbor H7453 knowledge H1847 righteous H6662 delivered...
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...
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...
_An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered._ HYPOCRISY AND KNOWLEDGE The hypocrite is one who feigns to be what he is not--one whose lif...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 11:9 BY KNOWLEDGE THE RIGHTEOUS ARE DELIVERED. In Proverbs 1:1, “knowledge” usually means knowledge of God and of his will. Even when slandered, th
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 11:9. Zӧckler here reads, “The hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour, but by the knowledge of the righteous shall they (the neighbours) be delivered.” _MAIN HOM...
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...
1 John 2:21; 1 John 2:27; 1 Kings 13:18; 1 Kings 22:20; 1 Kings 22:6
Delivered — From the infection of the hypocrite's evil counsel....