King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
¶ An hypocrite with [his] mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.
Complete Jewish Bible:
With his mouth the hypocrite can ruin his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.
Berean Standard Bible:
With his mouth the ungodly man destroys his neighbor, but through knowledge the righteous are rescued.
American Standard Version:
With his mouth the godless man destroyeth his neighbor; But through knowledge shall the righteous be delivered.
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
An hypocrite{H2611} with his mouth{H6310} destroyeth{H7843} his neighbour{H7453}: but through knowledge{H1847} shall the just{H6662} be delivered{H2502}.
Cross-References (KJV):
Proverbs 2:10
- ¶ When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
Proverbs 2:16
- To deliver thee from the strange woman, [even] from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words;
Proverbs 4:5
- Get wisdom, get understanding: forget [it] not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
Proverbs 4:6
- Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
1 Timothy 4:1
- ¶ Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
1 Timothy 4:3
- Forbidding to marry, [and commanding] to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
2 Peter 3:16
- As also in all [his] epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as [they do] also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
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Commentary for Proverbs 11:9
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: H2611
There are 13 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: חָנֵף
Transliteration: chânêph
Pronunciation: khaw-nafe'
Description: from חָנֵף; soiled (i.e. with sin), impious; hypocrite(-ical). - Strong's Number: H6310
There are 460 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: פֶּה
Transliteration: peh
Pronunciation: peh
Description: from פָּאָה; the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to; accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), [idiom] eat, edge, end, entry, [phrase] file, hole, [idiom] in, mind, mouth, part, portion, [idiom] (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, [idiom] spoken, talk, tenor, [idiom] to, [phrase] two-edged, wish, word. - Strong's Number: H7843
There are 136 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: שָׁחַת
Transliteration: shâchath
Pronunciation: shaw-khath'
Description: a primitive root; to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively); batter, cast off, corrupt(-er, thing), destroy(-er, -uction), lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, [idiom] utterly, waste(-r). - Strong's Number: H7453
There are 173 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: רֵעַ
Transliteration: rêaʻ
Pronunciation: ray'-ah
Description: or רֵיעַ; from רָעָה; an associate (more or less close); brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, [idiom] (an-) other. - Strong's Number: H1847
There are 91 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: דַּעַת
Transliteration: daʻath
Pronunciation: dah'-ath
Description: from יָדַע; knowledge; cunning, (ig-) norantly, know(-ledge), (un-) awares (wittingly). - Strong's Number: H6662
There are 197 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: צַדִּיק
Transliteration: tsaddîyq
Pronunciation: tsad-deek'
Description: from צָדַק; just; just, lawful, righteous (man). - Strong's Number: H2502
There are 44 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: חָלַץ
Transliteration: châlats
Pronunciation: khaw-lats'
Description: a primitive root; to pull off; hence (intensively) to strip, (reflex.) to depart; by implication, to deliver, equip (for fight); present, strengthen; arm (self), (go, ready) armed ([idiom] man, soldier), deliver, draw out, make fat, loose, (ready) prepared, put off, take away, withdraw self.