Proverbs 11:9
“An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour,.... Deceives him with his flatteries and lies, and draws him into…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Through knowledge - Better, By the knowledge of the just, shall they (i. e., the neighbors) be delivered.
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714
Here is, 1. Hypocrisy designing ill. It is not only the murderer with his sword, but the hypocrite with his mouth, that…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
be delivered i.e. from the destruction wrought by the "mouth of the hypocrite, (or godless man R.V.)". His knowledge…
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