What does Proverbs 11:6 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness."
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...
NAUGHTINESS. See note on Proverbs 6:12. [worthless]....
_naughtiness mischief_, R.V., ἀπωλεία, LXX. But _desires_(as the same Heb. word is rendered in Proverbs 10:3, R.V.), or _aims_gives a good sense: "in insidiis suis capiuntur iniqui." Vulg....
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...
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. V2 A proud man suffers shame. A humble man becomes wise. V3 A good man i...
IN THEIR OWN NAUGHTINESS. — Rather, _passionate desire,_ as at Proverbs 10:3. Their own strong passions are their ruin. HIS EXPECTATION. — What he hoped for, worldly prosperity. (Comp. Wis. 5:14.)...
צִדְקַ֣ת יְ֭שָׁרִים תַּצִּילֵ֑ם וּ֝ בְ הַוַּ֗ת בֹּגְדִ֥ים יִלָּכֵֽדוּ׃...
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...
When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom. The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them. Riches profit not in the da...
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...
THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE UPRIGHT SHALL DELIVER THEM,.... From death, as in Proverbs 11:4; and from falling by sin, totally and finally; or into it, so as to perish eternally; as well as it shall deliv...
The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in [their own] naughtiness. Ver. 6. _The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them._] As Noah's integrity p...
_Riches profit not in the day of wrath_ In the time of God's judgments, when he is executing vengeance upon sinners; _but righteousness delivereth_, &c. See note on Proverbs 10:2. _The righteousness o...
V. 6. THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE UPRIGHT SHALL DELIVER THEM, being accepted as an adequate defense in the court of God; BUT TRANSGRESSORS SHALL BE TAKEN IN THEIR OWN NAUGHTINESS, caught in the trap whic...
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....
SHALL DELIVER THEM from many snares and dangers....
Proverbs 11:6 righteousness H6666 upright H3477 deliver H5337 (H8686) unfaithful H898 (H8802) caught H3920 (H8735) lust H1942 righteousness - Genesis 30:33, Genesis 31:37; 1 Samuel 12:3-4 but - Prove...
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...
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CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 11:5. DIRECT, “make smooth or even.” PROVERBS 11:6. NAUGHTINESS, “cravings,” “desires,” “covetousness.” _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE LATTER CLAUSES OF Proverbs 11:5_ MADE OR M...
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...
1 Kings 2:32; 1 Kings 2:33; 1 Kings 2:44; 1 Samuel 12:3; 1 Samuel 12:4; Ecclesiastes 10:8; Genesis 30:33; Genesis 31:37; Proverbs 5:22;...