direct: Heb.
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Proverbs 11:5
Proverbs 11:5
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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 11:5Proverbs 11:5 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThe righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way,.... Or "make [it] plain" ; that is, the righteousness of those who are perfect in Christ, complete in him, perfectly justified by his righteousness; that…Proverbs 11:5Proverbs 11:5 · Little Bible — for children and parents'Perfect' here means wholehearted, not sinless — a person fully devoted to God. Their righteousness becomes a guide that directs their path. The wicked, however, are undone not by some outside force but by the natural…