Parallel Verses

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.

New American Standard Bible

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

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

With his mouth the ungodly destroys his neighbor,
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.

Amplified


With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor,
But through knowledge and discernment the righteous will be rescued.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
חנף 
Chaneph 
Usage: 13

with his mouth
פּה 
Peh 
Usage: 497

שׁחת 
Shachath 
Usage: 146

דּעת 
Da`ath 
Usage: 91

shall the just
צדּיק 
Tsaddiyq 
Usage: 206

Verse Info

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

8 The upright man is taken out of trouble, and in his place comes the sinner. 9 With his mouth the evil man sends destruction on his neighbour; but through knowledge the upright are taken out of trouble. 10 When things go well for the upright man, all the town is glad; at the death of sinners, there are cries of joy.



Cross References

1 Kings 13:18-22

Then he said to him, I am a prophet like you; and an angel said to me by the word of the Lord, Take him back with you and give him food and water. But he said false words to him.

1 Kings 22:6

So the king of Israel got all the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, Am I to go to Ramoth-gilead to make war or not? And they said, Go up: for the Lord will give it into the hands of the king.

1 Kings 22:20-23

And the Lord said, How may Ahab be tricked into going up to Ramoth-gilead to his death? And one said one thing and one another.

Job 8:13

So is the end of all who do not keep God in mind; and the hope of the evil-doer comes to nothing:

Job 34:30

...

Psalm 55:12

For it was not my hater who said evil of me; that would have been no grief to me; it was not one outside the number of my friends who made himself strong against me, or I would have kept myself from him in a secret place;

Psalm 55:20-21

He has put out his hand against those who were at peace with him; he has not kept his agreement.

Proverbs 2:10-16

For wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasing to your soul;

Proverbs 4:5-6

Get wisdom, get true knowledge; keep it in memory, do not be turned away from the words of my mouth.

Proverbs 6:23-24

For the rule is a light, and the teaching a shining light; and the guiding words of training are the way of life.

Matthew 7:15

Be on the watch for false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inside they are cruel wolves.

Matthew 15:5-14

But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is given to God;

Mark 13:14

But when you see the unclean thing which makes destruction, in the place where it has no right to be (let this be clear to the reader), then let those who are in Judaea go quickly to the mountains:

Mark 13:22-23

Because there will be false Christs and false prophets, and they will give signs and wonders in the hope of turning even the saints from the true way.

Acts 20:30

And from among yourselves will come men who will give wrong teaching, turning away the disciples after them.

2 Corinthians 11:13-15

For such men are false Apostles, workers of deceit, making themselves seem like Apostles of Christ.

Ephesians 4:13-14

Till we all come to the harmony of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to full growth, to the full measure of Christ:

2 Thessalonians 2:8-10

And then will come the revelation of that evil one, whom the Lord Jesus will put to death with the breath of his mouth, and give to destruction by the revelation of his coming;

1 Timothy 4:1-3

But the Spirit says clearly that in later times some will be turned away from the faith, giving their minds to spirits of deceit, and the teachings of evil spirits,

2 Peter 2:1-3

But there were false prophets among the people, as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly put forward wrong teachings for your destruction, even turning away from the Lord who gave himself for them; whose destruction will come quickly, and they themselves will be the cause of it.

2 Peter 3:16-18

And as he said in all his letters, which had to do with these things; in which are some hard sayings, so that, like the rest of the holy Writings, they are twisted by those who are uncertain and without knowledge, to the destruction of their souls.

1 John 2:21

I have not sent you this letter because you have no knowledge of what is true, but because you have knowledge, and because that which is false has nothing in common with that which is true.

1 John 2:27

As for you, the Spirit which he gave you is still in you, and you have no need of any teacher; but as his Spirit gives you teaching about all things, and is true and not false, so keep your hearts in him, through the teaching which he has given you.

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