Parallel Verses

New Heart English Bible

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

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.

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.

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 A righteous person is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked takes his place. 9 With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor, but the righteous will be delivered through knowledge. 10 When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices. When the wicked perish, there is shouting.

Cross References

1 Kings 13:18-22

He said to him, "I also am a prophet as you are; and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD, saying, 'Bring him back with you into your house, that he may eat bread and drink water.'" 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 against Ramoth Gilead to battle, or shall I forbear?" They said, "Go up; for the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king."

1 Kings 22:20-23

The LORD said, 'Who shall entice Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth Gilead?' One said one thing; and another said another.

Job 8:13

So are the paths of all who forget God. The hope of the godless man shall perish,

Job 34:30

that the godless man may not reign, that there be no one to ensnare the people.

Psalm 55:12

For it was not an enemy who insulted me, then I could have endured it. Neither was it he who hated me who raised himself up against me, then I would have hid myself from him.

Psalm 55:20-21

He raises his hands against his friends. He has violated his covenant.

Proverbs 2:10-16

For wisdom will enter into your heart. Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.

Proverbs 4:5-6

Get wisdom. Get understanding. Do not forget, neither swerve from the words of my mouth.

Proverbs 6:23-24

For the commandment is a lamp, and the Law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,

Matthew 7:15

"Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.

Matthew 15:5-14

But you say, 'Whoever may tell his father or his mother, "Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God,"

Mark 13:14

But when you see the abomination of desolation, standing where it ought not (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains,

Mark 13:22-23

For there will arise false messiahs and false prophets, and will show signs and wonders, that they may lead astray, if possible, the chosen ones.

Acts 20:30

Men will arise from among your own selves, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.

2 Corinthians 11:13-15

For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as Christ's apostles.

Ephesians 4:13-14

until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;

2 Thessalonians 2:8-10

Then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will kill with the breath of his mouth, and destroy by the manifestation of his coming;

1 Timothy 4:1-3

But the Spirit says expressly that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons,

2 Peter 2:1-3

But false prophets also arose among the people, as false teachers will also be among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master who bought them, bringing on themselves swift destruction.

2 Peter 3:16-18

as also in all of his letters, speaking in them of these things. In those, there are some things that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unsettled twist, as they also do to the other 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 know it, and because no lie is of the truth.

1 John 2:27

As for you, the anointing which you received from him remains in you, and you do not need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, you remain in him.

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