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A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, but accurate weights are his delight. See also: Deuteronomy 25:13-16 Proverbs 16:11 Proverbs 20:23When pride comes, then comes shame, but with humility comes wisdom. See also: Proverbs 29:23 Proverbs 16:18-19 Luke 18:14The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them. See also: Proverbs 28:18 Proverbs 13:6 Psalms 25:21Riches don’t profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death. See also: Zephaniah 1:18 Proverbs 10:2 Genesis 7:1The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. See also: Proverbs 5:22 Psalms 9:15-16 Esther 7:3-10The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires. See also: Ecclesiastes 10:8 Proverbs 5:22 1 Kings 2:44When a wicked man dies, hope perishes, and expectation of power comes to nothing. See also: Proverbs 10:28 Job 8:13-14 Job 11:20A righteous person is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked takes his place. See also: Daniel 6:23-24 Proverbs 21:18 Esther 7:9-10With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor, but the righteous will be delivered through knowledge. See also: Proverbs 2:10-16 Proverbs 4:5-6 1 John 2:27When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices. When the wicked perish, there is shouting. See also: Proverbs 28:12 Psalms 58:10-11 Esther 8:15-16By the blessing of the upright, the city is exalted, but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked. See also: Proverbs 14:34 Proverbs 29:8 James 3:6One who despises his neighbor is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding holds his peace. See also: 1 Peter 2:23 Proverbs 10:19 Luke 16:14One who brings gossip betrays a confidence, but one who is of a trustworthy spirit is one who keeps a secret. See also: Proverbs 20:19 Leviticus 19:16 Proverbs 25:9Where there is no wise guidance, the nation falls, but in the multitude of counselors there is victory. See also: Proverbs 24:6 Proverbs 15:22 Proverbs 20:18He who is collateral for a stranger will suffer for it, but he who refuses pledges of collateral is secure. See also: Proverbs 17:18 Proverbs 6:1-5 Proverbs 20:16A gracious woman obtains honor, but violent men obtain riches. See also: Proverbs 31:30-31 Luke 10:42 Acts 16:14-15The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh. See also: Matthew 5:7 James 2:13 Matthew 25:34-40Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward. See also: Galatians 6:8-9 Ecclesiastes 10:8 Hosea 10:12-13He who is truly righteous gets life. He who pursues evil gets death. See also: Proverbs 10:16 Proverbs 19:23 Proverbs 12:28Those who are perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD, but those whose ways are blameless are his delight. See also: Psalms 119:1 Proverbs 21:29 1 Chronicles 29:17Most certainly, the evil man will not be unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will be delivered. See also: Psalms 112:1-2 Acts 2:39 Jeremiah 32:39Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout, is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion. See also: 1 Peter 3:3-4 Proverbs 31:30 Nahum 3:4-6The desire of the righteous is only good. The expectation of the wicked is wrath. See also: Romans 2:8-9 Matthew 5:6 Psalms 37:4There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty. See also: Proverbs 19:17 Luke 6:38 Deuteronomy 15:10The liberal soul shall be made fat. He who waters shall be watered also himself. See also: Matthew 5:7 2 Corinthians 9:6-9 Isaiah 58:7-11People curse someone who withholds grain, but blessing will be on the head of him who sells it. See also: Genesis 42:6 Job 29:13 Amos 8:4-6He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but he who searches after evil, it shall come to him. See also: Psalms 7:15-16 Proverbs 17:11 Psalms 57:6He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf. See also: 1 Timothy 6:17 Jeremiah 17:8 Psalms 52:7-8He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind. The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart. See also: Ecclesiastes 5:16 Proverbs 14:19 Habakkuk 2:9-10The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life. He who is wise wins souls. See also: Daniel 12:3 James 5:20 1 Corinthians 9:19-23Behold, the righteous shall be repaid on the earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner! See also: 1 Peter 4:17-18 Jeremiah 25:29 1 Corinthians 11:30-32

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Notes · Haydock (1859, public domain)18 notes

Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.

These notes keep the polemics of their time: some speak harshly of the Jewish people or of other Christians. The Church teaches otherwise today. The Jewish people may not be blamed for the death of Christ (Nostra Aetate 4; Catechism 597–598), and Christians of other communities are our brothers and sisters in the Lord (Unitatis Redintegratio 3). Christian unity

Proverbs 11:1

Ver. 1. Balance. Both in commerce, (Deut. xxv. 13. C.) and in passing sentence on others. Ven.

Bede.

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Proverbs 11:2

Ver. 2. Wisdom. God resists the proud. c. xvi. 18. and xviii. 12. and Jam. iv. 6.

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Proverbs 11:7

Ver. 7. So licitous. Or ambitious. Heb. "the potent," or Sept. "the impious."

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Proverbs 11:8

Ver. 8. For him. As comparatively nothing worth to his master. C. xxi. 18. Is.

xliii. 3

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Proverbs 11:11

Ver. 11. Overthrown. Ten just men would have saved Sodom. Achan alone threw all Israel into confusion. C.

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Proverbs 11:12

Ver. 12. Mean. Lit. "indigent" of sense. H. --- We must put up with some faults, as none are without. Hor. i. Sat. 3. C.

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Proverbs 11:13

Ver. 13. Walketh. Sept. "the double-tongued," dissembler, or great talker. C.

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Proverbs 11:15

Ver. 15. That is. Heb. "that hateth those who make agreements is secure."

Mont.

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Proverbs 11:16

Ver. 16. 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. C. --- Glory. Sept. Syr. and Arab. 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 Heb. Kennicott. --- Most of the additions in the Sept. are only glosses, or useless repetitions, (C.) though they seem not to be so in this place.

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Proverbs 11:17

Ver. 17. Kindred. Heb. "flesh." Gen. xxix. 14. The miser is cruel even to himself.

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Proverbs 11:21

Ver. 21. In hand. At rest, or making agreements. God will punish the race of the wicked.

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Proverbs 11:22

Ver. 22. 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, (Gen. xxiv. 22. C.) or hanging down upon them. Is. iii. 21. M.

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Proverbs 11:24

Ver. 24. Others. Moderation is always requisite. Heb. "there is one withholding from rectitude, yet for a defect," (Mont.) being too saving, he is a loser. H. ---

Avarice does not always increase riches. C.

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Proverbs 11:25

Ver. 25. Himself. He shall receive abundantly. 2 Cor. ix. 6. The beneficent shall be amply rewarded both in this world and in the next.

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Proverbs 11:26

Ver. 26. Corn. In times of scarcity. See Amos viii. 7.

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Proverbs 11:29

Ver. 29. House. By his profligacy, or law-suits, shall be impoverished, (v. 17. C.) or if he act with violence, he will make his house empty. Eccli. iv. 35. M.

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Proverbs 11:30

Ver. 30. Life. Producing excellent fruits of virtue and edification.

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Proverbs 11:31

Ver. 31. Receive. Punishment, for almost inevitable faults, or be treated according to his deserts.

Sept. Syr. and Arab. "if the just be hardly saved, where shall the impious and the sinner appear?"

1 Pet. iv. 18. C. --- Afflictions attend the just in this life. Shall the wicked escape? M.

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License: Notes by Fr. George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), from the Douay-Rheims Bible with Haydock's commentary (first ed. Thomas Haydock, Manchester/Dublin, 1811–1814; New York: Edward Dunigan & Brother, 1859); New Testament notes compiled with Fr. Benedict Rayment. Public domain. Digital text: "The Haydock Bible", Internet Archive (archive.org/details/TheHaydockBible), uploaded 2011 under the Public Domain Mark. · Credits and licenses

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