1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Proverbs 11:1 | A deceitful balance* is an abomination before the Lord: and a just weight is his will. Proverbs 20:10.; Proverbs 23. | Balance. Both in commerce, (Deuteronomy 25:13.; Calmet) and in passing sentence on others. (Ven. Bede) |
| Proverbs 11:2 | Where pride is, there also shall be reproach: *but where humility is, there also is wisdom. Proverbs 15:33. | Wisdom. God resists the proud, Proverbs 16:18., and 18:12., and James 4:6. |
| Proverbs 11:3 | The simplicity of the just shall guide them: and the deceitfulness of the wicked shall destroy them. | |
| Proverbs 11:4 | *Riches shall not profit in the day of revenge: but justice shall deliver from death. Proverbs 10:2. | |
| Proverbs 11:5 | The justice of the upright shall make his way prosperous: and the wicked man shall fall by his own wickedness. | |
| Proverbs 11:6 | The justice of the righteous shall deliver them: and the unjust shall be caught in their own snares. | |
| Proverbs 11:7 | When the wicked man is dead, there shall be no hope any more: and the expectation of the solicitous shall perish. | Solicitous. Or ambitious. Hebrew, "the potent," or Septuagint, "the impious." |
| Proverbs 11:8 | The just is delivered out of distress: and the wicked shall be given up for him. | For him. As comparatively nothing worth to his master, Proverbs 21:18., and Isaias 43:3 |
| Proverbs 11:9 | The dissembler with his mouth deceiveth his friend: but the just shall be delivered by knowledge. | |
| Proverbs 11:10 | When it goeth well with the just, the city shall rejoice: and when the wicked perish, there shall be praise. | |
| Proverbs 11:11 | By the blessing of the just the city shall be exalted: and by the mouth of the wicked it shall be overthrown. | Overthrown. Ten just men would have saved Sodom. Achan alone threw all Israel into confusion. (Calmet) |
| Proverbs 11:12 | He that despiseth his friend, is mean of heart: but the wise man will hold his peace. | Mean. Literally, "indigent" of sense. (Haydock) --- We must put up with some faults, as none are without. (Horace 1:Sat. 3.) (Calmet) |
| Proverbs 11:13 | He that walketh deceitfully, revealeth secrets: but he that is faithful, concealeth the thing committed to him by his friend. | Walketh. Septuagint, "the double-tongued," dissembler, or great talker. (Calmet) |
| Proverbs 11:14 | Where there is no governor, the people shall fall: but there is safety where there is much counsel. | |
| Proverbs 11:15 | He shall be afflicted with evil, that is surety for a stranger: but he that is aware of the snares, shall be secure. | That is. Hebrew, "that hateth those who make agreements is secure." (Mont.[Montanus?]) |
| Proverbs 11:16 | A gracious woman shall find glory: and the strong shall have riches. | Gracious. Virtuous and beautiful, as God hath granted beauty also for good purposes. This and virtue tend to the advancement of women, while men can use their strength to acquire riches. (Calmet) --- Glory. Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic add, "of her husband. But she that hateth righteousness is a throne of disgrace. The slothful, though rich, shall come to poverty; but the laborious shall retain their riches." Two hemistics seem to be lost in Hebrew. (Kennicott) --- Most of the additions in the Septuagint are only glosses, or useless repetitions, (Calmet) though they seem not to be so in this place. (Haydock) |
| Proverbs 11:17 | A merciful man doth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel casteth off even his own kindred. | Kindred. Hebrew, "flesh," Genesis 29:14. The miser is cruel even to himself. |
| Proverbs 11:18 | The wicked maketh an unsteady work: but to him that soweth justice, there is a faithful reward. | |
| Proverbs 11:19 | Clemency prepareth life: and the pursuing of evil things death. | |
| Proverbs 11:20 | A perverse heart is abominable to the Lord: and his will is in them that walk sincerely. | |
| Proverbs 11:21 | Hand in hand the evil man shall not be innocent: but the seed of the just shall be saved. | In hand. At rest, or making agreements. God will punish the race of the wicked. |
| Proverbs 11:22 | A golden ring in a swine's snout, a woman fair and foolish. | Foolish. Beauty, without prudence, leads to ruin, as ornaments are ill bestowed on swine. The women in the east sometimes wore rings in their noses, (Genesis 24:22.; Calmet) or hanging down upon them, Isaias 3:21. (Menochius) |
| Proverbs 11:23 | The desire of the just is all good, the expectation of the wicked is indignation. | |
| Proverbs 11:24 | Some distribute their own goods, and grow richer: others take away what is not their own, and are always in want. | Others. Moderation is always requisite. Hebrew, "there is one withholding from rectitude, yet for a defect," (Mont.[Montanus?]) being too saving, he is a loser. (Haydock) --- Avarice does not always increase riches. (Calmet) |
| Proverbs 11:25 | The soul that blesseth, shall be made fat: and he that inebriateth, shall be inebriated also himself. | Himself. He shall receive abundantly, 2 Corinthians 9:6. The beneficent shall be amply rewarded both in this world and in the next. |
| Proverbs 11:26 | He that hideth up corn, shall be cursed among the people: but a blessing upon the head of them that sell. | Corn. In times of scarcity. See Amos 8:7. |
| Proverbs 11:27 | Well doth he rise early who seeketh good things: but he that seeketh after evil things, shall be oppressed by them. | |
| Proverbs 11:28 | He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the just shall spring up as a green leaf. | |
| Proverbs 11:29 | He that troubleth his own house, shall inherit the winds: and the fool shall serve the wise. | House. By his profligacy, or law-suits, shall be impoverished, (ver. 17.; Calmet) or if he act with violence, he will make his house empty, Ecclesiasticus 4:35. (Menochius) |
| Proverbs 11:30 | The fruit of the just man is a tree of life: and he that gaineth souls is wise. | Life. Producing excellent fruits of virtue and edification. |
| Proverbs 11:31 | *If the just man receive in the earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner? 1 Peter 4:18. | Receive. Punishment, for almost inevitable faults, or be treated according to his deserts. Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic, "if the just be hardly saved, where shall the impious and the sinner appear?" (1 Peter 4:18.) (Calmet) --- Afflictions attend the just in this life. Shall the wicked escape? (Menochius) |