Proverbs 11:9

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

With their mouths the godless would destroy their neighbors, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.

Cross References

1 Kings 22:6

Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred of them, and said to them, “Shall I go to battle against Ramoth-gilead, or shall I refrain?” They said, “Go up, for the Lord will give it into the hand of the king.”

Job 34:30

so that the godless should not reign or those who ensnare the people.

Job 8:13

Such are the paths of all who forget God; the hope of the godless shall perish.

Psalm 55:12

It is not enemies who taunt me— I could bear that; it is not adversaries who deal insolently with me— I could hide from them.

Proverbs 11:6

The righteousness of the upright saves them, but the treacherous are taken captive by their schemes.

Proverbs 11:8

The righteous are delivered from trouble, and the wicked come into it instead.

Proverbs 16:29

The violent entice their neighbors and lead them in a way that is not good.

Matthew 7:15

“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves.

Mark 13:14

“But when you see the desolating sacrilege set up where it ought not to be (let the reader understand), then those in Judea must flee to the mountains;

Acts 20:30

Some even from your own group will come distorting the truth in order to entice the disciples to follow them.

1 John 2:21

I write to you, not because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and you know that no lie comes from the truth.

1 John 2:27

As for you, the anointing that you received from him abides in you, so you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, abide in him.