--- title: "Proverbs 11 - Study King James Bible with keil and delitzsch old testament commentary" description: "Read Proverbs 11 with keil and delitzsch old testament commentary commentary. 1 A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight. 2 When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom. 3 Th" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/keil-and-delitzsch-old-testament-commentary/proverbs/11" --- [ Read](/kjv/proverbs/11)[ Commentary](/study/proverbs/11)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/proverbs/11) Audio 1 A false balance *is* abomination to the LORD: but a just weight *is* his delight.** 2 *When* pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly *is* wisdom. 3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them. 4 Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death. 5 The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.* 6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in *their own* naughtiness. 7 When a wicked man dieth, *his* expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust *men* perisheth. 8 The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead. 9 An hypocrite with *his* mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered. 10 When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, *there is* shouting. 11 By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked. 12 He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.* 13 A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.* 14 Where no counsel *is*, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors *there is* safety. 15 He that is surety for a stranger shall smart *for it:* and he that hateth suretiship is sure.** 16 A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong *men* retain riches. 17 The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but *he that is* cruel troubleth his own flesh. 18 The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness *shall be* a sure reward. 19 As righteousness *tendeth* to life: so he that pursueth evil *pursueth it* to his own death. 20 They that are of a froward heart *are* abomination to the LORD: but *such as are* upright in *their* way *are* his delight. 21 *Though* hand *join* in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered. 22 *As* a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, *so is* a fair woman which is without discretion.* 23 The desire of the righteous *is* only good: *but* the expectation of the wicked *is* wrath. 24 There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and *there is* that withholdeth more than is meet, but *it tendeth* to poverty. 25 The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.* 26 He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing *shall be* upon the head of him that selleth *it*. 27 He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him. 28 He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch. 29 He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool *shall be* servant to the wise of heart. 30 The fruit of the righteous *is* a tree of life; and he that winneth souls *is* wise.* 31 Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner. [Proverbs 10](/study/proverbs/10) [Proverbs 12](/study/proverbs/12) ## Commentary To verse 1 The next three proverbs treat of honesty, discretion, and innocence or dove-like simplicity: 1 Deceitful balances are an abomination to Jahve; But a full weight is His delight. The very same proverb, with slightly varied expression, is found in [Proverbs 20:23](/kjv/proverbs/20/23); and other such like proverbs, in condemnation of false and in approbation of true balances, are found, [Proverbs 20:10](/kjv/proverbs/20/10); [Proverbs 16:11](/kjv/proverbs/16/11); similar predicates, but connected with other subjects, are found at [Proverbs 12:22](/kjv/proverbs/12/22); [Proverbs 15:8](/kjv/proverbs/15/8). “An abomination to Jahve” is an expression we have already twice met with in the introduction, [Proverbs 3:32](/kjv/proverbs/3/32); [Proverbs 6:16](/kjv/proverbs/6/16), cf. [Proverbs 8:7](/kjv/proverbs/8/7); תּועבה is, like תּועה , a participial noun, in which the active conception of abhorring is transferred to the action accomplished. רצון is in post-biblical Hebr. the designation of the *arbitrium* and the *voluntas*; but here רצונו signifies not that which God wishes, but that which He delights in having. “ מרמה (here for the first time in Proverbs), from רמה , the *Piel* of which means ([Proverbs 26:19](/kjv/proverbs/26/19)) *aliquem dolo et fraude petere*. אבן , like the Pers. sanak , sanakh , Arab. ṣajat , a stone for weight; and finally, without any reference to its root signification, like [Zechariah 5:8](/kjv/zechariah/5/8), אבן העופרת , a leaden weight, as when we say: a horseshoe of gold, a chess-man of ivory.” ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com","name":"Real Bible Believers","description":"RBB","publisher":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/search?q={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/keil-and-delitzsch-old-testament-commentary/proverbs/11#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","width":672,"height":448,"caption":"Real Bible Believers"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/keil-and-delitzsch-old-testament-commentary/proverbs/11#webpage","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/keil-and-delitzsch-old-testament-commentary/proverbs/11","name":"Proverbs 11 - Study King James Bible with keil and delitzsch old testament commentary","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/keil-and-delitzsch-old-testament-commentary/proverbs/11#primaryimage"},"author":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"description":"Read Proverbs 11 with keil and delitzsch old testament commentary commentary. 1 A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight. 2 When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom. 3 Th","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/keil-and-delitzsch-old-testament-commentary/proverbs/11#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/keil-and-delitzsch-old-testament-commentary/proverbs/11"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/keil-and-delitzsch-old-testament-commentary/proverbs/11#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study","name":"Study Bible"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/keil-and-delitzsch-old-testament-commentary","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/keil-and-delitzsch-old-testament-commentary","name":"keil and delitzsch old testament commentary"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/keil-and-delitzsch-old-testament-commentary/proverbs","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/keil-and-delitzsch-old-testament-commentary/proverbs","name":"Proverbs"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/keil-and-delitzsch-old-testament-commentary/proverbs/11","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/keil-and-delitzsch-old-testament-commentary/proverbs/11","name":"11"}}]},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#personlogo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/android-chrome-512x512.png","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/android-chrome-512x512.png","width":512,"height":512},"logo":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#personlogo"},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/RBiblebeliever","https://www.facebook.com/RBibleBelievers"]}]} ```