Proverbs 11:9 · KJV
“An hypocrite with {his} mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.”
— Proverbs 11:9
The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.
When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, {there is} shouting.
Proverbs 11 — Context
When a wicked man dieth, {his} expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust {men} perisheth.
8The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.
9An hypocrite with {his} mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.
10When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, {there is} shouting.
11By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
Cross References
Proverbs 2:10-16
When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
Proverbs 4:5-6
Get wisdom, get understanding: forget {it} not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
1 John 2:27
But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him. {in him: or, in it}
Psalms 55:20-21
He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant. {broken: Heb. profaned}
1 Timothy 4:1-3
Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
Job 8:13
So {are} the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:
Psalms 55:12
For {it was} not an enemy {that} reproached me; then I could have borne {it}: neither {was it} he that hated me {that} did magnify {himself} against me; then I would have hid myself from him:
2 Corinthians 11:13-15
For such {are} false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.