Proverbs 11

1:2 instruction; (i-5) ‘Wisdom’ here and in ver. 7 is chokmah . ‘Instruction’ means also, ‘correction,’ ‘warning,’ ‘discipline,’ Job 36:10 .

Proverbs 11:1

11:1 just (p-11) Or ‘perfect.’ lit. ‘whole,’ ‘full.’

Proverbs 11:2

11:2 lowly (a-10) Or ‘modest.’ see ‘humbly,’ Micah 6:8 .

Proverbs 11:3

11:3 unfaithful (b-13) Or ’treacherous,’ as ver. 6. see ch. 2.22.

Proverbs 11:9

11:9 hypocrite (c-5) Or ‘an impious man.’ neighbour; (d-8) Or ‘friend,’ as often. so ver. 12.

Proverbs 11:12

11:12 heart; (e-9) Or ‘sense.’

Proverbs 11:14

11:14 safety. (f-16) Or ‘victory;’ and so ch. 21.31; 24.6.

Proverbs 11:15

11:15 another; (g-10) Or ‘a stranger.’ see Note, chs. 5.10; 27.2. suretyship (h-15) Lit. ’those that strike [hands].’

Proverbs 11:16

11:16 gracious (i-2) Or ‘graceful.’

Proverbs 11:17

11:17 soul; (k-9) Or ‘The kind man doeth good to himself.’

Proverbs 11:18

11:18 work; (l-6) Or ‘a work that deceiveth him.’

Proverbs 11:19

11:19 righteousness (m-2) Or ’true righteousness.’

Proverbs 11:21

11:21 hand! (n-3) Or ‘Certainly,’ as in ch. 16.5.

Proverbs 11:25

11:25 soul (o-3) Lit. ‘The blessing soul.’

Proverbs 11:30

11:30 souls. (a-15) Or ‘he that winneth souls is wise.’ All the adjectives in vers. 29-31 are in the singular. In general this is denoted by the addition of ‘[man].’