Proverbs 11:1-14

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 11:14

Here is, 1. The bad omen of a kingdom's ruin: Where no counsel is, no consultation at all, but every thing done rashly, or no prudent consultation for the common good, but only caballing for parties and divided interests, the people fall, crumble into factions, fall to pieces, fall together by the ears, and fall an easy prey to their common enemies. Councils of war are necessary to the operations of war; two eyes see more than one; and mutual advice is in order to mutual assistance. 2. The... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 11:1

A false balance is abomination to the Lord ,.... Under which are included all false weights and measures, and all fraudulent practices in commerce and dealing; which are forbidden by the Lord, and are abominable to him, as being injurious to the estates and properties of men: and more especially must be abominable in professors of religion, as being contrary to the grace of God; for though there may be common honesty where there is not the grace of God, yet there cannot be the true grace... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 11:2

When pride cometh, then cometh shame ,.... The one follows the other, or rather keep pace together; as soon as one comes, the other comes; as in the case of the angels that sinned, Adam and Eve, Haman, Nebuchadnezzar, and others; and will be the case of the Romish antichrist, who, while vaunting and priding himself in his glory and grandeur, will fall into shame, disgrace, and destruction, Revelation 18:7 ; but with the lowly is wisdom ; or wisdom shall come, as Jarchi: the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 11:3

The integrity of the upright shall guide them ,.... The Spirit of God is the best guide of an upright man; he leads into all truth, and unto the land of uprightness, and continues to be a guide, even unto death; and it is right to walk after him, and not after the flesh: and besides him, the upright man has the word of God as a lamp to his feet, and a light to his paths, which he does well to take heed to; and next to that is the sincerity and uprightness of his heart, which will not suffer... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 11:4

Riches profit not in the day of wrath ,.... When God takes away the soul, and summons to judgment, and brings to it; and as riches profited not Rome Pagan, in the day of the Lamb's wrath upon it; so neither will they profit Rome Papal, when it will come in remembrance before God, to give it the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath; see Revelation 6:15 ; but righteousness delivereth from death ; from the curse of a corporeal death; from the power of a spiritual one; and from... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 11:5

The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way ,.... Or "make it plain" F6 תישר "rectam facit", Cocceius; "complanat viam ejus", Schultens. ; that is, the righteousness of those who are perfect in Christ, complete in him, perfectly justified by his righteousness; that righteousness makes their way plain; it is the direct way, the highway, the pathway to eternal life and happiness; see Proverbs 12:28 ; but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness ; or, "in his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 11:6

The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them ,.... From death, as in Proverbs 11:4 ; and from falling by sin, totally and finally; or into it, so as to perish eternally; as well as it shall deliver those out of Babylon, who are the Lord's people, that will be found therein when that is about to fall; see Revelation 18:4 ; but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness ; in the very act of sin, and be punished for it; taken in it as in a net, and which they have... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 11:7

When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish ,.... His expectation of a longer life, of getting more riches, attaining to more honour, enjoying more pleasure here, and of having happiness hereafter, and of being delivered from wrath to come; he will then find, when he comes to die, that his expectations in this world are vain, and those which respect happiness in another world are ill-grounded; or when he dies, the expectation of others that depended on him, trusted in him, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 11:8

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 ; or when the wicked die, as in Proverbs 11:7 , then the righteous are delivered from the trouble they gave them, or designed to give them; though it seems rather to design deliverance from trouble in the first sense, since it follows, and the wicked cometh in his stead ; as Haman did in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 11:9

An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour ,.... Deceives him with his flatteries and lies, and draws him into destructive schemes and practices; or "corrupts" him, as the word F9 ישחת "corrumpet", Schultens; so Pagninus, Montanus; "corrumpit", Vatablus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Mercerus, Gejerus. signifies, and as the Targum renders it, with false doctrines; so, with fair words and good speeches, such who lie in wait to deceive impose upon the simple and... read more

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