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Proverbs 11:1-31 open_in_new
1. False weights were exceedingly common (Proverbs 16:11; Proverbs 20:10; Amos 8:5).
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Proverbs 11:6 open_in_new
Transgressors] RV 'they that deal treacherously.'
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Proverbs 11:10 open_in_new
The shouting expresses exultation.
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Proverbs 11:12 open_in_new
Disparaging remarks concerning neighbours are foolish.
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Proverbs 11:14 open_in_new
For counsel read 'statesmanship.'
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Proverbs 11:16 open_in_new
A woman of gracious disposition and manners obtains honour.
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Proverbs 11:18 open_in_new
Worketh a deceitful work] RV 'earneth deceitful wages,' fairy gold, apples of Sodom.
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Proverbs 11:21 open_in_new
Hands were struck in confirmation of a bargain. Hence the meaning here and at Proverbs 16:5 is, 'My hand upon it!' 'Assuredly!'
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Proverbs 11:22 open_in_new
A gold ring was and still is worn by Oriental women, depending from the right nostril to the mouth.
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Proverbs 11:24 open_in_new
Wise and liberal expenditure is contrasted with ill-advised niggardly economy.
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Proverbs 11:26 open_in_new
Buying up corn to sell at famine prices was the evil in those days which corresponded to monopolies, trusts, and combines of later times. 'It is a wicked thing to make a dearth one's garner.'
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Proverbs 11:29 open_in_new
He throws his household into confusion by bad management, arbitrariness, etc.