Proverbs 11:9
in Proverbs 11With his mouth the ungodly man destroys his neighbor, but through knowledge the righteous are rescued.
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ASV
With his mouth the godless man destroyeth his neighbor; But through knowledge shall the righteous be delivered.
KJV
An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.
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This verse in Proverbs 11
Commentary
6 notes on this verse"A hypocrite with his mouth destroys his neighbor," etc. A heretic who pretends to teach Catholic doctrine deceives his listener; but those who justly follow the truth of the Gospel will be freed by Catholic knowledge so that they are not snatched by heretic deception.
This site's exposition
With his mouth the ungodly man destroys his neighbor
on Proverbs 11:9-11
“With his mouth the ungodly man destroys his neighbor,” and it takes knowledge to rescue the righteous from the harm his words intend. The next proverbs widen the view from neighbor to city: “When the righteous thrive, the city rejoices,” and one man's character moves a town's fortune.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour,....
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
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 purposes. The former is one who disbelieves Divine revelation, and accordingly is polluted, and lives in pollution. This is properly the force of the original word. Such persons deal in calumny and lies, and often thus destroy the character of their neighbor.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
The just is saved by superior discernment. The last may be a reason for the first. Together, they set forth the relative moral worth of good and bad men.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Through knowledge - Better, By the knowledge of the just, shall they (i. e., the neighbors) be delivered.
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בְּפֶ֗ה | bepeh | by [the] mouth | H6310 → | 498 times |
| חָ֭נֵף | chanef | a godless [person] | H2611 → | |
| יַשְׁחִ֣ת | yashchit | he ruins | H7843 → | 146 times |
| רֵעֵ֑הוּ | reehu | neighbor his | H7453 → | 188 times |
| וּ֝בְדַ֗עַת | uvedaat | and by knowledge | H1847 → | 92 times |
| צַדִּיקִ֥ים | tzadikim | righteous [people] | H6662 → | 206 times |
| יֵחָלֵֽצוּ׃ | yechaletzu | they are delivered | H2502 → |
בְּפֶ֗הby [the] mouth
bepehH6310 →498 times
חָ֭נֵףa godless [person]
chanefH2611 →
יַשְׁחִ֣תhe ruins
yashchitH7843 →146 times
רֵעֵ֑הוּneighbor his
reehuH7453 →188 times
וּ֝בְדַ֗עַתand by knowledge
uvedaatH1847 →92 times
צַדִּיקִ֥יםrighteous [people]
tzadikimH6662 →206 times
יֵחָלֵֽצוּ׃they are delivered
yechaletzuH2502 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 John 2:27And as for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But just as His true and genuine anointing teaches you about all…
it leads to
- John 14:26
But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you.
- 1 John 2:20–21
You, however, have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.
- 1 Corinthians 2:13
And this is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom, but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words.
- John 16:13
However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to…
- Jeremiah 31:33–34
“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And…
- John 14:26
Through
1 John 2:21I have not written to you because you lack knowledge of the truth, but because you have it, and because no lie comes from the truth.
it leads to
- 2 Peter 1:12
Therefore I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are established in the truth you now have.
- Jude 1:5
Although you are fully aware of this, I want to remind you that after Jesus had delivered His people out of the land of Egypt, He destroyed those who did not believe.
- Proverbs 1:5
let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel
- 2 Peter 1:12
Where this verse is studied
About Proverbs
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Bede, Commentary on Proverbs; Charles Bridges, An Exposition of the Book of Proverbs; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).