Proverbs 11:9

“An hypocrite with [his] mouth destroyeth his neighbour, etc.] Deceives him with his flatteries and lies, and draws him into destructive schemes and practices; or “corrupts” him, as the wordf298 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 credulous; and false teachers, with their damnable heresies, bring swift destruction on men; and particularly antichrist and his emissaries, through speaking lies in hypocrisy, corrupt and destroy many, (<540401>1 Timothy 4:1,2); but through knowledge shall the just be delivered; from the hypocrite and deceitful worker, and from being…”

“(Compare Psa 35:16; Dan 11:32). The just is saved by superior discernment.”

“Through knowledge - Better, By the knowledge of the just, shall they (i. e., the neighbors) be delivered. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Delivered - From the infection of the hypocrite's evil counsel. Proverbs 11:11”

“An hypocrite: Or rather, as chanaiph properly signifies, a wicked, profligate person, an infidel. Kg1 13:18-22, Kg1 22:6, Kg1 22:20-23; Job 8:13, Job 34:30; Psa 55:12, Psa 55:20, Psa 55:21; Mat 7:15; Mat 15:5-14; Act 20:30; Co2 11:13-15; Th2 2:8-10; Ti1 4:1-3; Pe2 2:1-3 through: Pro 2:10-16, Pro 4:5, Pro 4:6, Pro 6:23, Pro 6:24; Mar 13:14, Mar 13:22, Mar 13:23; Eph 4:13, Eph 4:14; Pe2 3:16-18; Jo1 2:21, Jo1 2:27 Proverbs 11:10”

“9 The wicked with his mouth prepareth destruction for his neighbour; But by knowledge the righteous are delivered from it. The lxx translate, ἐν στόματι ἀσεβῶν παγὶς (רשׁת?) πολίταις, αἴσθησις δὲ δικαίοις εὔοδος, (יצלחו). There is no reason for changing (with Hitzig and Ewald) the text, which in the form in which it is here translated was before all other translators (Aq., Symmachus, Theodotion, Syr., Targ., Jerome). The accentuation, which separates the two instrumental statements by greater disjunctives from that which follows, is correct. The "three" Greek versions viz. of Aquila, Theodotion, and Symmachus translate חנף by ὑποκριτής, which it means in the modern idiom; but…”