Proverbs 11:21 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered. ”

• Proverbs 11:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  literally, “hand to hand.” The meaning of which is, “Hand may plight faith to hand, men may confederate for evil, yet punishment shall come at last;” or “From hand to hand, from one generation to a...

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• Proverbs 11:21 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (l) [Though] hand [join] in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered. (l) Though they make many friends, or think themselves sure, yet they will not...

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• Proverbs 11:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Proverbs 11. The orthodox view of strictly retributive justice found in Proverbs 10:24 f., Proverbs 11:27-30 is represented by a further group ( Proverbs 11:2-8 ; Proverbs 11:18-21 , and Prov...

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• Proverbs 11:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  hand join in hand. Illustrations: the Babel builders ( Genesis 11:1-9 ); Korah ( Numbers 16 ); the Canaanite kings ( Joshua 9:1 ; Joshua 9:2 Adoni-zedek ( Joshua 10 ); the Confederacy Isaiah 7:1...

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• Proverbs 11:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered. Though hand join in hand - Let them confederate as they please, to support each oth...

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• Proverbs 11:21 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Though hand join in hand— Most interpreters, by hand in hand, understand the hands of divers persons; but some take it for the hands of one and the same person, and accordingly understand the pas...

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• Proverbs 11:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight. Under this prohibition of "a false balance" is forbidden all fraud, by whatsoever suns of deception it may be commi...

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• Proverbs 11:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  1. False weights were exceedingly common ( Proverbs 16:11 ; Proverbs 20:10 ; Amos 8:5 ).

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• Proverbs 11:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Though hand join in hand. — For this sense comp. Isaiah 28:15 , sqq. The passage may also mean “hand to hand,” i.e., from one generation to another; or, what is most probable, “the hand to it,...

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• Proverbs 11:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER 12 GOODNESS "The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them." Proverbs 11:6 "An unjust man is the abomination of the righteous, and he who goes right in his way is the abomination...

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• Proverbs 11:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Verse Proverbs 11:7 . The antithesis of this proverb is between the condition described and that of one not described, that is to say, the expectation or hope of the wicked lies wholly on this side...

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• Proverbs 11:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches. The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh. The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to...

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• Proverbs 11:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  [Though] hand [join] in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished ,.... Though they give the hand to one another, unite in their counsels, enter into combinations, confederacies, and strict alliances...

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• Proverbs 11:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Proverbs 11:21 [Though] hand [join] in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered. Ver. 21. Though hand join in hand, &c. ] Heb., Hand to hand...

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• Proverbs 11:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  They that are of a froward heart &c. They are odious to God, who study to compass their end by wicked means; but they whose exact observance of the rules of righteousness, in the whole course o...

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• Proverbs 11:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        21 Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.       Observe, 1. That confederacies in sin shall certainly be broken...

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• Proverbs 11:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Though hand join in hand; though they are fortified against God's judgments by a numerous issue, and kindred, and friends, and by mutual strong combinations or confederacies. Shall not be unpunishe...

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• Proverbs 11:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Further Contrasts Between The Righteous And The Unrighteous ( Proverbs 11:15-23 ). In this subsection we again have the continual contrast between the righteous, the gracious, the merciful and the...

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• Proverbs 11:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 11:21 . The Hebrew here is simply “ hand to hand, the wicked ,” etc. Zöckler and Delitzsch understand it as a formula of strong asseveration derived from the custom of b...

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• Proverbs 11:21 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Proverbs 11:21 The one peculiar and characteristic sin of the world is this, that whereas God would have us live for the life to come, the world would make us live for this life. It takes, as the...

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• Proverbs 11:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Proverbs 11:1 . A false balance is an abomination to the Lord. A dishonest tradesman here receives a hard stroke. Though his weight be but little short of the standard; yet by using it a thousand...

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• Proverbs 11:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished. (Taken with Luke 23:51 ) The laws of responsibility in combinations and partnerships We are surrounded by numberless combinations...

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• Proverbs 11:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Proverbs 11:1 A false balance; literally, balances of deceit ( Proverbs 20:23 ). The repetition of the injunctions of Deuteronomy 25:13 , Deuteronomy 25:14 and Leviticus...

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• Proverbs 11:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  v. 21. Though hand join in hand, literally, "hand in hand," as a pledge or guarantee, that is, most assuredly, the wicked shall not be unpunished; but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered,...

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• Proverbs 11:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Acts 2:39 ; Exodus 23:2 ; Genesis 17:7 ; Genesis 17:8 ; Isaiah 27:4 ; Jeremiah 32:39 ; Proverbs 13:22 ; Proverbs 16:5 ; Psalms 112:1 ; Psalms 112:2 ; Psalms 37:26

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• Proverbs 11:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Though hand join — Though they are fortified against God's judgments by a numerous issue and kindred, and friends, and by mutual and strong combinations. The seed — Not only their persons, but thei...

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