What does Proverbs 11:21 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered."
Verse Proverbs 11:21. THOUGH _HAND_ JOIN _IN HAND_] Let them confederate as they please, to support each other, justice will take care that they escape not punishment. The Hindoos sometimes ratify an...
literally, “hand to hand.” The meaning of which is, “Hand may plight faith to hand, men may confederate for evil, yet punishment shall come at last;” or “From hand to hand, from one generation to anot...
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; Proverbs 11:18, and Proverbs 11:31). Proverb...
HAND JOIN IN HAND. Illustrations: the Babel builders (Genesis 11:1); Korah (Numbers 16); the Canaanite kings (Joshua 9:1; Joshua 9:2 Adoni-zedek (Joshua 10); the Confederacy Isaiah 7:1); the Ten Kingd...
Though _hand_join _in hand_ Lit. HAND TO HAND. This obscure phrase may mean either, though men clasp one another's hands in strong confederacy (χειρὶ χεῖρας ἐμβαλὼν, LXX.); or, preserving more closely...
THOUGH HAND JOIN IN HAND— Most interpreters, by _hand in hand,_ understand the hands of divers persons; but some take it for the hands of one and the same person, and accordingly understand the passag...
TEXT Proverbs 11:12-21 12. He that despiseth his neighbor is void of wisdom; But a man of understanding holdeth his peace. 13. He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets; But he that...
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, ...
11:21 hand! (n-3) Or 'Certainly,' as in ch. 16.5....
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. V2 A proud man suffers shame. A humble man becomes wise. V3 A good man i...
THOUGH HAND JOIN IN HAND. — For this sense comp. Isaiah 28:15, _sqq._ The passage may also mean “hand to hand,” _i.e.,_ from one generation to another; or, what is most probable, “the hand to it,” _i....
יָ֣ד לְ֭ יָד לֹא ־יִנָּ֣קֶה רָּ֑ע וְ זֶ֖רַע צַדִּיקִ֣ים נִמְלָֽט׃...
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...
(l) [Though] hand [join] in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered. (l) Though they make many friends, or think themselves sure, yet they will not...
_In hand. At rest, or making agreements. God will punish the race of the wicked._...
A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches. The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh. The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to...
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 follow...
[THOUGH] HAND [JOIN] IN HAND, THE WICKED SHALL NOT BE UNPUNISHED,.... Though they give the hand to one another, unite in their counsels, enter into combinations, confederacies, and strict alliances, a...
Proverbs 11:21 [Though] hand [join] in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered. Ver. 21. _Though hand join in hand, &c._] Heb., Hand to hand; that i...
_They that are of a froward heart_ &c. They are odious to God, who study to compass their end by wicked means; but they whose exact observance of the rules of righteousness, in the whole course of the...
V. 21. THOUGH HAND JOIN IN HAND, literally, "hand in hand," as a pledge or guarantee, that is, most assuredly, THE WICKED SHALL NOT BE UNPUNISHED; BUT THE SEED OF THE RIGHTEOUS SHALL BE DELIVERED, the...
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...
THOUGH HAND JOIN IN HAND; though they are fortified against God's judgments by a numerous issue, and kindred, and friends, and by mutual strong combinations or confederacies. Shall not be unpunished;...
Proverbs 11:21 forces H3027 H3027 wicked H7451 unpunished H5352 (H8735) posterity H2233 righteous H6662 delivered H4422 (H8738) hand - Proverbs 16:5; Exodus 23:2 the seed - Proverbs 13:22; Genesis 17...
FURTHER CONTRASTS BETWEEN THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE UNRIGHTEOUS (PROVERBS 11:15). In this subsection we again have the continual contrast between the righteous, the gracious, the merciful and the blamele...
Proverbs 11:21 The one peculiar and characteristic sin of the world is this, that whereas God would have us live for the life to come, the world would make us live for this life. It takes, as the mai...
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...
_Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished._ (Taken with Luke 23:51) THE LAWS OF RESPONSIBILITY IN COMBINATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS We are surrounded by numberless combinations devis...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 11:16 These three pairs of proverbs (vv. Proverbs 11:16, Proverbs 11:18, Proverbs 11:20) relate to a common theme. The GRACIOUS WOMAN (v. Proverbs 11:16) and the MAN WHO IS K...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 11:21. The Hebrew here is simply “HAND TO HAND, THE WICKED,” etc. Zöckler and Delitzsch understand it as a formula of strong asseveration derived from the custom of becoming...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 11:1 A FALSE BALANCE; literally, _balances of deceit _(Proverbs 20:23). The repetition of the injunctions of Deuteronomy 25:13, Deuteronomy 25:14 and Leviticus 19:35, Leviticus 19...
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...
Acts 2:39; Exodus 23:2; Genesis 17:7; Genesis 17:8; Isaiah 27:4; Jeremiah 32:39; Proverbs 13:22; Proverbs 16:5; Psalms 112:1; Psalms 112:2;...
Though hand join — Though they are fortified against God's judgments by a numerous issue and kindred, and friends, and by mutual and strong combinations. The seed — Not only their persons, but their c...