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Proverbs 11:6
Proverbs 11:6
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain
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Proverbs 11 — OverviewProverbs 11 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleWeighty Sayings.Proverbs 11 — OverviewProverbs 11 · Little Bible — for children and parentsProverbs 11 is a gallery of contrasts: honest versus dishonest, proud versus humble, generous versus greedy, righteous versus wicked. Every pairing teaches the same underlying truth — God sees all things, and He rewards…Proverbs 11:5-6Proverbs 11:5-6 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThese two verses are, in effect, the same, and both to the same purport
with v. 3. For the truths are here of such certainty and weight that
they cannot be too often inculcated. Let us govern ourselves by these…Proverbs 11:6Proverbs 11:6 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledgerighteousness: Genesis 30:33, Genesis 31:37; 1 Samuel 12:3-4
but: Proverbs 5:22; 1 Kings 2:32-33, 1 Kings 2:44; Psalms 7:16; Ecclesiastes 10:8Proverbs 11:6Proverbs 11:6 · Little Bible — for children and parentsRighteousness acts as a kind of rescue — it protects and delivers those who walk in it. Those who disobey God, however, are caught by the very trap they set through their own wrongdoing.
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