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and a false balance is not good.">Proverbs 20:23</a>, and praise of just weights, <a href="/proverbs/16-11.htm" title="A just weight and balance are the LORD's: all the weights of the bag are his work.">Proverbs 16:11</a>; <a href="/proverbs/20-10.htm" title="Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.">Proverbs 20:10</a>. The repetition suggests that this form of cheating had become common in the time of Solomon, when the commerce of Israel began to develop. If so, there would be good reason for these frequent warnings, for it would have been useless to raise the superstructure of a religious life, as is the intention of this book, without first laying the foundation of common honesty between man and man.<p><span class= "bld">A just weight.</span>—Literally, <span class= "ital">stone, </span>stones having been used for weights from early times. (Comp. <a href="/leviticus/19-36.htm" title="Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall you have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.">Leviticus 19:36</a>.) A standard weight, “the king’s stone,” seems to have been kept by David (<a href="/2_samuel/14-26.htm" title="And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year's end that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king's weight.">2Samuel 14:26</a>).<p> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/11-2.htm">Proverbs 11:2</a></div><div class="verse"><i>When</i> pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly <i>is</i> wisdom.</div>(2) <span class= "bld">Then cometh shame.</span>—For they have not the grace of God to keep them from falling. (See above on <a href="/proverbs/6-17.htm" title="A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,">Proverbs 6:17</a>.)<p> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/11-3.htm">Proverbs 11:3</a></div><div class="verse">The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.</div>(3) <span class= "bld">The perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.</span>—Fraudulent persons (literally, <span class= "ital">those who “cover” a matter up</span>) pervert the truth, thereby ruining their own characters (inasmuch as in time they can hardly distinguish right from wrong), and losing the favour of Almighty God.<p> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/11-4.htm">Proverbs 11:4</a></div><div class="verse">Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.</div>(4) <span class= "bld">In the day of wrath.—</span>Riches profit in no day of wrath when God “visits” His people to take account of their evil doings; much less will they avail in “the day” (<a href="/1_corinthians/3-13.htm" title="Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.">1Corinthians 3:13</a>).<p><span class= "bld">Righteousness delivereth from death.—</span>See above on <a href="/proverbs/10-2.htm" title="Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivers from death.">Proverbs 10:2</a>.<p> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/11-5.htm">Proverbs 11:5</a></div><div class="verse">The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.</div>(5) <span class= "bld">Shall direct his way.</span>—Or, <span class= "ital">make smooth, </span>as <a href="/proverbs/3-6.htm" title="In all your ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct your paths.">Proverbs 3:6</a>. The just man by his exact performance of all duty both towards God and man receives more and more light, and therefore continually sees more clearly how to avoid the difficulties that beset his path. The wicked darkens his conscience more and more by the commission of evil, till he stumbles as in the night (<a href="/john/11-9.htm" title="Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbles not, because he sees the light of this world.">John 11:9</a>), and at last falls, and rises not again.<p> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/11-6.htm">Proverbs 11:6</a></div><div class="verse">The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in <i>their own</i> naughtiness.</div>(6) <span class= "bld">In their own naughtiness.</span>—Rather, <span class= "ital">passionate desire, </span>as at <a href="/proverbs/10-3.htm" title="The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casts away the substance of the wicked.">Proverbs 10:3</a>. Their own strong passions are their ruin.<p><span class= "bld">His expectation.</span>—What he hoped for, worldly prosperity. (Comp. <a href="//apocrypha.org/wisdom_of_solomon/5-14.htm" title="For the hope of the ungodly is like dust that is blown away with the wind; like a thin froth that is driven away with the storm; like as the smoke which is dispersed here and there with a tempest, and passeth away as the remembrance of a guest that tarrieth but a day.">Wisdom Of Solomon 5:14</a>.)<p> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/11-8.htm">Proverbs 11:8</a></div><div class="verse">The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.</div>(8) <span class= "bld">The righteous is delivered out of trouble</span>. . . .—That is, misfortunes pass by the righteous and fall upon the wicked. (Comp. <a href="/proverbs/21-18.htm" title="The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.">Proverbs 21:18</a>.) Or, it may mean that the righteous “is taken away from the evil to come “by death (<a href="/isaiah/57-1.htm" title="The righteous perishes, and no man lays it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.">Isaiah 57:1</a>), the wicked lives on to suffer in his place.<p> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/11-9.htm">Proverbs 11:9</a></div><div class="verse">An hypocrite with <i>his</i> mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.</div>(9) <span class= "bld">An hypocrite.—</span>Rather, <span class= "ital">the impure, profane.</span><p><span class= "bld">Through knowledge.—</span>The just, by the knowledge given them by God, shall see through the fraud.<p> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/11-11.htm">Proverbs 11:11</a></div><div class="verse">By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.</div>(11) <span class= "bld">By the blessing of the upright.—</span>Especially by their prayers, which, like Abraham (<a href="/genesis/18-23.htm" title="And Abraham drew near, and said, Will you also destroy the righteous with the wicked?">Genesis 18:23</a>, <span class= "ital">sqq.</span>)<span class= "ital">, </span>and the Jews of the captivity (<a href="/jeremiah/29-7.htm" title="And seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray to the LORD for it: for in the peace thereof shall you have peace.">Jeremiah 29:7</a>; <a href="/ezra/6-10.htm" title="That they may offer sacrifices of sweet smells to the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.">Ezra 6:10</a>) they offer for those with whom they live.<p><span class= "bld">By the mouth of the wicked—</span><span class= "ital">i.e., </span>by the “cursing, deceit, and fraud” with which his mouth is filled (<a href="/psalms/10-7.htm" title="His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.">Psalm 10:7</a>).<p><span class= "bld">He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour.—</span>A warning against rash judgments (<a href="/context/matthew/7-1.htm" title="Judge not, that you be not judged.">Matthew 7:1-2</a>). It displays a want of intelligence, very noticeable in uneducated people, not to be able to understand other people’s difficulties; but “a man of understanding holdeth his peace,” not being rash to condemn, as well knowing that he may be mistaken in his estimate of another, and of the wisest course to be pursued.<p> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/11-14.htm">Proverbs 11:14</a></div><div class="verse">Where no counsel <i>is</i>, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellers <i>there is</i> safety.</div>(14) <span class= "bld">In the multitude of counsellors there is safety</span>—<span class= "ital">i.e., </span>where there are plenty to guide the state.<p> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/11-15.htm">Proverbs 11:15</a></div><div class="verse">He that is surety for a stranger shall smart <i>for it</i>: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.</div>(15) <span class= "bld">He that is surety for a stranger.—</span>Rather, <span class= "ital">for another, </span>as <a href="/proverbs/6-1.htm" title="My son, if you be surety for your friend, if you have stricken your hand with a stranger,">Proverbs 6:1</a>.<p><span class= "bld">Is sure.—</span>Rather, <span class= "ital">is in quiet, </span>undisturbed by the anxieties described in <a href="/context/proverbs/6-3.htm" title="Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, when you are come into the hand of your friend; go, humble yourself, and make sure your friend.">Proverbs 6:3-5</a>.<p> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/11-16.htm">Proverbs 11:16</a></div><div class="verse">A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong <i>men</i> retain riches.</div>(16) <span class= "bld">A gracious woman retaineth honour </span>. . .—Each sex has its own power. A woman by her attractiveness wins and retains favour, a man by his strength and riches.<p> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/11-17.htm">Proverbs 11:17</a></div><div class="verse">The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but <i>he that is</i> cruel troubleth his own flesh.</div>(17) <span class= "bld">The merciful man.—</span>Rather, <span class= "ital">one who shows love. </span>(See above on <a href="/proverbs/3-3.htm" title="Let not mercy and truth forsake you: bind them about your neck; write them on the table of your heart:">Proverbs 3:3</a>.) Our good and evil deeds return to us in blessings or curses. (Comp. <a href="/proverbs/11-25.htm" title="The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that waters shall be watered also himself.">Proverbs 11:25</a>.)<p> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/11-18.htm">Proverbs 11:18</a></div><div class="verse">The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness <i>shall be</i> a sure reward.</div>(18) <span class= "bld">Worketh a deceitful work—</span>i.e., which ends in nothing, deceiving his hopes. (Comp. <a href="/proverbs/11-7.htm" title="When a wicked man dies, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perishes.">Proverbs 11:7</a>.)<p><span class= "bld">But to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.</span>—Rather, <span class= "ital">he that soweth righteousness </span>(worketh) <span class= "ital">a sure reward for himself. </span>(For “righteousness,” see above on <a href="/proverbs/10-2.htm" title="Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivers from death.">Proverbs 10:2</a>.)<p> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/11-19.htm">Proverbs 11:19</a></div><div class="verse">As righteousness <i>tendeth</i> to life: so he that pursueth evil <i>pursueth it</i> to his own death.</div>(19) <span class= "bld">As righteousness tendeth to life.—</span>Rather, <span class= "ital">genuine righteousness tendeth to life.</span><p> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/11-21.htm">Proverbs 11:21</a></div><div class="verse"><i>Though</i> hand <i>join</i> in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.</div>(21) <span class= "bld">Though hand join in hand.—</span>For this sense comp. <a href="/isaiah/28-15.htm" title="Because you have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing whip shall pass through, it shall not come to us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:">Isaiah 28:15</a>, <span class= "ital">sqq. </span>The passage may also mean “hand to hand,” <span class= "ital">i.e., </span>from one generation to another; or, what is most probable, “the hand to it,” <span class= "ital">i.e., </span>assuredly. For the general sense of the verse, comp. Psalms 37<p> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/11-22.htm">Proverbs 11:22</a></div><div class="verse"><i>As</i> a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, <i>so is</i> a fair woman which is without discretion.</div>(22) <span class= "bld">As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout.—</span>Rather, <span class= "ital">a nose-ring </span>run through the right nostril and hanging down over the mouth; a female ornament used from the earliest times (<a href="/genesis/24-47.htm" title="And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter are you? And she said, the daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bore to him: and I put the earring on her face, and the bracelets on her hands.">Genesis 24:47</a>; <a href="/isaiah/3-21.htm" title="The rings, and nose jewels,">Isaiah 3:21</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/16-12.htm" title="And I put a jewel on your forehead, and earrings in your ears, and a beautiful crown on your head.">Ezekiel 16:12</a>), and still worn in the East.<p> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/11-23.htm">Proverbs 11:23</a></div><div class="verse">The desire of the righteous <i>is</i> only good: <i>but</i> the expectation of the wicked <i>is</i> wrath.</div>(23) <span class= "bld">The desire of the righteous is only good, </span>and therefore it, being in accordance with the will of God, is granted to them.<p><span class= "bld">The expectation of the wicked is wrath.—</span>Rather, <span class= "ital">presumption; </span>they do not ask in the way or for the things which God wills they should (<a href="/james/4-3.htm" title="You ask, and receive not, because you ask amiss, that you may consume it on your lusts.">James 4:3</a>), and therefore it is mere presumption on their part to expect the fulfilment of their desires.<p> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/11-24.htm">Proverbs 11:24</a></div><div class="verse">There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and <i>there is</i> that withholdeth more than is meet, but <i>it tendeth</i> to poverty.</div>(24) <span class= "bld">There is that scattereth—</span><span class= "ital">i.e.</span>, with bounteous hand (comp. <a href="/psalms/112-9.htm" title="He has dispersed, he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honor.">Psalm 112:9</a>), “and yet increaseth” in wealth and blessings (comp. <a href="/proverbs/19-17.htm" title="He that has pity on the poor lends to the LORD; and that which he has given will he pay him again.">Proverbs 19:17</a>, and the old epitaph, “What we spent, we had; what we saved, we lost; what we gave, we have.”)<p> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/11-26.htm">Proverbs 11:26</a></div><div class="verse">He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing <i>shall be</i> upon the head of him that selleth <i>it</i>.</div>(26) <span class= "bld">He that withholdeth corn </span>till it has reached an exorbitant price, “the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it” at a fair price. The truth of this is not affected by the fact that the dealer’s selfishness is in the long run beneficial to the community by limiting consumption in consequence of the rise in the price of corn.<p> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/11-27.htm">Proverbs 11:27</a></div><div class="verse">He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.</div>(27) <span class= "bld">Procureth favour.—</span>By the very act of striving after good, he is seeking for the favour of both God and man.<p> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/11-28.htm">Proverbs 11:28</a></div><div class="verse">He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.</div>(28) <span class= "bld">He that trusteth in his riches shall fall.—</span>Because of their uncertainty, and because they prevent his trusting in the living God (<a href="/1_timothy/6-17.htm" title="Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy;">1Timothy 6:17</a>).<p> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/11-29.htm">Proverbs 11:29</a></div><div class="verse">He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool <i>shall be</i> servant to the wise of heart.</div>(29) <span class= "bld">He that troubleth his own house.—</span>Possibly by his niggardliness and avarice, as <a href="/proverbs/15-27.htm" title="He that is greedy of gain troubles his own house; but he that hates gifts shall live.">Proverbs 15:27</a>.<p><span class= "bld">Shall inherit the wind.</span>—Will get nothing for his pains.<p><span class= "bld">The fool </span>(<span class= "ital">‘evîl</span>)<span class= "ital">.—</span>The self-willed, who will listen to no advice, and so comes to ruin.<p> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/11-30.htm">Proverbs 11:30</a></div><div class="verse">The fruit of the righteous <i>is</i> a tree of life; and he that winneth souls <i>is</i> wise.</div>(30) <span class= "bld">The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life.</span>—The righteous, by the performance of his duty to his neighbours, brings, as it were, life and healing (<a href="/revelation/22-2.htm" title="In the middle of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bore twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.">Revelation 22:2</a>) to them, and “the wise man winneth souls,” attracts them to himself, and induces them to follow his example.<p> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/11-31.htm">Proverbs 11:31</a></div><div class="verse">Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.</div>(31) <span class= "bld">Behold the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth.</span>—That is, even he shall be punished for his misdeeds, as were Jacob, Moses, David; how much more shall “the wicked and the sinner.” The LXX. translates freely, “If the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?” a rendering adopted in <a href="/1_peter/4-18.htm" title="And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?">1Peter 4:18</a>.<p><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers<br /><br />Text Courtesy of <a href="//biblesupport.com" target="_top">BibleSupport.com</a>. 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