Proverbs 11:9

In 11 translations

BSB

With his mouth the ungodly man destroys his neighbor, but through knowledge the righteous are rescued.

KJV

An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.

WEB

With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor, but the righteous will be delivered through knowledge.

ASV

With his mouth the godless man destroyeth his neighbor; But through knowledge shall the righteous be delivered.

LSV

A hypocrite corrupts his friend with the mouth, || And the righteous are drawn out by knowledge.

YLT

With the mouth a hypocrite corrupteth his friend, And by knowledge the righteous are drawn out.

DBY

With his mouth a hypocrite destroyeth his neighbour; but through knowledge are the righteous delivered.

DRC

The dissembler with his mouth deceiveth his friend: but the just shall be delivered by knowledge.

GNV

An hypocrite with his mouth hurteth his neighbour: but the righteous shall be deliuered by knowledge.

JPS

With his mouth the impious man destroyeth his neighbour; but through knowledge shall the righteous be delivered.

LXXE

In the mouth of ungodly men is a snare to citizens: but the understanding of righteous men is prosperous.

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Original-language editions

WLC

בְּפֶ֗ה חָ֭נֵף יַשְׁחִ֣ת רֵעֵ֑הוּ וּ֝בְדַ֗עַת צַדִּיקִ֥ים יֵחָלֵֽצוּ׃

LXX-Br

Ἐν στόματι ἀσεβῶν παγὶς πολίταις, αἴσθησις δὲ δικαίων εὔοδος.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 2:10–16For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will delight your soul. Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you, to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perversity, from…
• Proverbs 4:5–6Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn from them. Do not forsake wisdom, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will guard you.
• 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 things, so remain in Him as you have been…
• Job 8:13Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish.
• 2 Peter 3:16–18He writes this way in all his letters, speaking in them about such matters. Some parts of his letters are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their…
• Psalms 55:20–21My companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant. His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed.
• 2 Corinthians 11:13–15For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as…
• Psalms 55:12For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.
• Job 34:30that godless men should not rule or lay snares for the people.
• 2 Peter 2:1–3Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction…
• 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.
• Acts 20:30Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.
• 1 Timothy 4:1–3Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons, influenced by the hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences are seared with a hot…
• Matthew 15:5–14But you say that if anyone says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is a gift devoted to God,’ he need not honor his father or mother with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the…
• 1 Kings 22:20–23And the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one suggested this, and another that. Then a spirit came forward, stood before the LORD, and said, ‘I will entice him.’ ‘By what…
• Matthew 7:15Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.

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