Commentary on Today's Verse

　　Commentary on Proverbs 11:9

　　(Read Proverbs 11:9)

　　Hypocrites delude men into error and sin by artful objections against the truths of God's word.

　　Proverbs 11:9 In-Context

　　7 Hopes placed in mortals die with them; all the promise ofTwo Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts, Vulgate, Syriac and Targum "When the wicked die, their hope perishes;" / "all they expected from" their power comes to nothing.

　　8 The righteous person is rescued from trouble, and it falls on the wicked instead.

　　9 With their mouths the godless destroy their neighbors, but through knowledge the righteous escape.

　　10 When the righteous prosper, the city rejoices; when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.

　　11 Through the blessing of the upright a city is exalted, but by the mouth of the wicked it is destroyed.