“ The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead. ”
The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his (c) stead. (c) That is, will enter into trouble.
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...
The righteous . A righteous one. delivered . drawn out, liberated with gentle effort. Hebrew. chalaz . The same word as in Proverbs 11:9 , but not the same as in verses: Proverbs 11:4 ; Prover...
The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead. The wicked cometh in his stead - Often God makes this distinction; in public calamities and in sudden accidents he rescu...
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...
1. False weights were exceedingly common ( Proverbs 16:11 ; Proverbs 20:10 ; Amos 8:5 ).
The righteous is delivered out of trouble .... — That is, misfortunes pass by the righteous and fall upon the wicked. (Comp. Proverbs 21:18 .) Or, it may mean that the righteous “is taken away from...
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...
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...
The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead. An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered. When it goeth w...
The righteous is delivered out of trouble ,.... One after another he comes into, if not in this life, yet at death; which is to him a perfect deliverance out of all tribulation; see Revelation 7:14...
The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead. Ver. 8. And the wicked cometh in his stead. ] Thus it befell Haman, and Daniel's enemies, and those inhuman Edomites,...
When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish All his hope and felicity, which he placed wholly in earthly things, are lost and gone with him; and the hope of unjust men , &c. This cla...
8 The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead. As always in death, so sometimes in life, the righteous are remarkably favoured and the wicked crosse...
Is by God's providence brought into the same miseries, which either he designed against the righteous, or had formerly inflicted upon the righteous, and now lately removed from them.
The Triumph Of Righteousness And The Sad End Of Unrighteousness ( Proverbs 11:4-8 ). These next five verses lay great emphasis on the advantages of righteousness (obedience to YHWH's requirements)...
MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 11:8 THE WICKED COMING IN THE STEAD OF THE RIGHTEOUS I. This proverb must be fulfilled from the nature of the case . If a vessel is being steered straight for the r...
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...
The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead. Trouble in its relation to the righteous and the wicked All men have their troubles. The relation of the good and...
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...
v. 8. The righteous is delivered out of trouble, the Lord Himself being his Deliverer, 2 Timothy 4:18 , and the wicked cometh in his stead, taking the place of the righteous in the midst of trou...
Daniel 6:23 ; Daniel 6:24 ; Esther 7:10 ; Esther 7:9 ; Isaiah 43:3 ; Isaiah 43:4 ; Proverbs 21:18
Cometh — Into trouble.