Parallel Verses
Amplified
With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor,
But through knowledge and discernment the righteous will be rescued.
New American Standard Bible
But through knowledge the
King James Version
An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.
Holman Bible
but through knowledge the righteous are rescued.
International Standard Version
By what he says, the godless person can destroy his neighbor, but through knowledge the righteous escape.
A Conservative Version
The hypocrite destroys his neighbor with his mouth, but the righteous shall be delivered through knowledge.
American Standard Version
With his mouth the godless man destroyeth his neighbor; But through knowledge shall the righteous be delivered.
Bible in Basic English
With his mouth the evil man sends destruction on his neighbour; but through knowledge the upright are taken out of trouble.
Darby Translation
With his mouth a hypocrite destroyeth his neighbour; but through knowledge are the righteous delivered.
Julia Smith Translation
With the mouth the profane will destroy his neighbor: and by knowledge, shall the just one be delivered.
King James 2000
A hypocrite with his mouth destroys his neighbor: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.
Lexham Expanded Bible
With a mouth, the godless shall destroy his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.
Modern King James verseion
A hypocrite corrupts his neighbor with his mouth; but through knowledge the just shall be delivered.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Through the mouth of the dissembler is his neighbour destroyed; but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.
NET Bible
With his speech the godless person destroys his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous will be delivered.
New Heart English Bible
With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor, but the righteous will be delivered through knowledge.
The Emphasized Bible
With the mouth, a profane man destroyeth his neighbour, but, through knowledge, shall righteous men be delivered.
Webster
A hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbor: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.
World English Bible
With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor, but the righteous will be delivered through knowledge.
Youngs Literal Translation
With the mouth a hypocrite corrupteth his friend, And by knowledge the righteous are drawn out.
Themes
Deliverance » Who shall be delivered
Evil » Slander » General references to
Hypocrites » Destroy others by slander
Knowledge » What knowledge does
Slander » General references to
Topics
Interlinear
Peh
Shachath
Rea`
Da`ath
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 11:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
8
And the wicked takes his place.
With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor,
But through knowledge and discernment the righteous will be rescued.
When it goes well for the righteous, the city rejoices,
And when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.
Cross References
1 Kings 13:18-22
He answered him, “I too am a prophet, as you are; and an angel spoke to me by the word of the Lord, saying, ‘Bring him back with you to your house, so that he may eat bread and drink water.’” But he lied to him.
1 Kings 22:6
Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, “Shall I go to battle against Ramoth-gilead, or should I not?” And they said, “Go up, for the Lord has handed it over to the king.”
1 Kings 22:20-23
The Lord said, ‘Who will entice Ahab to go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one said this, while another said that.
Job 8:13
“So are the paths of all who forget God;
And the hope of the godless will perish,
Job 34:30
So that godless men would not rule
Nor be snares for the people.
Psalm 55:12
For it is not an enemy who taunts me—
Then I could bear it;
Nor is it one who has hated me who insolently exalts himself against me—
Then I could hide from him.
Psalm 55:20-21
He [my companion] has put out his hands against those who were at peace with him;
He has
Proverbs 2:10-16
For [skillful and godly] wisdom will enter your heart
And knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
Proverbs 4:5-6
“Get [skillful and godly] wisdom! Acquire understanding [actively seek spiritual discernment, mature comprehension, and logical interpretation]!
Do not forget nor turn away from the words of my mouth.
Proverbs 6:23-24
For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching [of the law] is light,
And reproofs (rebukes) for discipline are the way of life,
Matthew 7:15
Matthew 15:5-14
Mark 13:14
Mark 13:22-23
Acts 20:30
even from among your own selves men will arise, speaking perverse and distorted things, to draw away the disciples after themselves [as their followers].
2 Corinthians 11:13-15
For such men are counterfeit apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.
Ephesians 4:13-14
until we all reach oneness in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, [growing spiritually] to become a mature believer, reaching to the measure of the fullness of Christ [manifesting His spiritual completeness and exercising our spiritual gifts in unity].
2 Thessalonians 2:8-10
Then the lawless one [the Antichrist] will be revealed and the Lord Jesus will slay him with the breath of His mouth and bring him to an end by the appearance of His coming.
1 Timothy 4:1-3
But the [Holy] Spirit explicitly and unmistakably declares that in later times some will turn away from the faith, paying attention instead to deceitful and seductive spirits and doctrines of demons,
2 Peter 2:1-3
But [in those days] false prophets arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will subtly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction on themselves.
2 Peter 3:16-18
speaking about these things as he does in all of his letters. In which there are some things that are difficult to understand, which the untaught and unstable [who have fallen into error] twist and misinterpret, just as they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.
1 John 2:21
I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it, and because no lie [nothing false, no deception] is of the truth.
1 John 2:27
As for you, the anointing [the special gift, the preparation] which you received from Him remains [permanently] in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you. But just as His anointing teaches you [giving you insight through the presence of the Holy Spirit] about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as His anointing has taught you,