When the righteous prosper, the city (e) rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, [there is] shouting.
(e) The country is blessed, where there are godly men, and they ought to rejoice when the wicked are taken away.
Verse Proverbs 11:10. _WHEN IT GOETH WELL_] An upright, pious, sensible man is a great blessing to the neighbourhood where he resides, by his example, his advice, and his prayers. The considerate pri...
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;...
WHEN IT GOETH WELL, &C. Illustrations: Hezekiah (2 Chronicles 29:3; 2 Chronicles 30:26); Nehemiah (Nehemiah 2; Nehemiah 6:15;
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...
When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting. WHEN IT GOETH WELL WITH THE RIGHTEOUS, THE CITY REJOICETH. Because the well-being of the ri...
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)....
The SHOUTING expresses exultation....
An evil man’s words destroy his neighbour (verse 9). In verse 10, everyone suffers because of the evil man. Perhaps the evil man ruled the city. Perhaps he was very cruel. The evil man’s death means t...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 11 V1 God hates false measurements. God loves honest measurements. v
בְּ ט֣וּב צַ֭דִּיקִים תַּעֲלֹ֣ץ קִרְיָ֑ה וּ ב
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 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...
WHEN IT GOETH WELL WITH THE RIGHTEOUS, THE CITY REJOICETH,.... As it always does, even in the worst of times; in times of public calamity and distress, and when enemies rise up on all hands; it is wel...
_When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, [there is] shouting._ Ver. 10. _When it goeth well with the righteous._] When they are set in place of authorit...
_When it goeth well with the righteous_ When righteous men are encouraged and advanced to places of trust and power; _the city rejoiceth_ The citizens, or subjects, of that government, rejoice, becaus...
V. 10. WHEN IT GOETH WELL WITH THE RIGHTEOUS, when they are prosperous and happy, THE CITY REJOICETH, all the inhabitants receiving the benefit of their prosperity; AND WHEN THE WICKED PERISH, THERE I...
10-31 This is the description of a virtuous woman of those days, but the general outlines equally suit every age and nation. She is very careful to recommend herself to her husband's esteem and affec...
WHEN IT GOETH WELL WITH THE RIGHTEOUS, when such men are encouraged and advanced into places of power and trust, the city rejoiceth; the citizens or subjects of that government rejoice, because they c...
Proverbs 11:10 well H2898 righteous H6662 city H7151 rejoices H5970 (H8799) wicked H7563 perish H6 (H8800) jubilat
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...
_When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth._ THE PUBLIC CONSCIENCE IN RELATION TO MORAL CHARACTER Down deep beneath the errors, follies, vanities of the community, there is a conscie...
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 11:10_ THE REWARD OF THE RIGHTEOUS CITIZEN OR RULER. THE FATE OF THE UNRIGHTEOUS ONE I. THE WORDS IMPLY THAT IT DOES NOT ALWAYS GO WITH THE RIGHTEOUS. “_When_ it goeth we...
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...
Esther 8:15; Esther 8:16; Exodus 15:21; Job 27:23; Judges 5:31;...