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Proverbs 11

Prov. 11:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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He that is ρvoid
chacer (Hebrew #2638)
lacking; hence, without
KJV usage: destitute, fail, lack, have need, void, want.
Pronounce: khaw-sare'
Origin: from 2637
of wisdom
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
despiseth
buwz (Hebrew #936)
to disrespect
KJV usage: contemn, despise, X utterly.
Pronounce: booz
Origin: a primitive root
his neighbor
rea` (Hebrew #7453)
from 7462; an associate (more or less close)
KJV usage: brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, X (an-)other.
Pronounce: ray'-ah
Origin: or reya2 {ray'-ah}
: but a man
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
of understanding
tabuwn (Hebrew #8394)
or towbunah {to-boo-naw'}; from 995; intelligence; by implication, an argument; by extension, caprice
KJV usage: discretion, reason, skilfulness, understanding, wisdom.
Pronounce: taw-boon'
Origin: and (feminine) tbuwnah {teb-oo-naw'}
holdeth his peace
charash (Hebrew #2790)
to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad sense); hence (from the idea of secrecy) to be silent, to let alone; hence (by implication) to be deaf (as an accompaniment of dumbness)
KJV usage: X altogether, cease, conceal, be deaf, devise, ear, graven, imagine, leave off speaking, hold peace, plow(-er, man), be quiet, rest, practise secretly, keep silence, be silent, speak not a word, be still, hold tongue, worker.
Pronounce: khaw-rash'
Origin: a primitive root
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destitute of heart.

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Judg. 9:27‑29,38• 27{i}And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode the grapes, and made rejoicings, and went into the house of their god, and ate and drank, and cursed Abimelech.{/i}
 28{i}And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? is he not the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his overseer? Serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem! and why should we serve him?{/i}
 29{i}Oh! would that this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase thine army, and come out.{/i}
 38{i}Then said Zebul to him, Where is now thy mouth, thou that saidst, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? is not this the people that thou hast despised? go out now, I pray, and fight against them.{/i} (Judg. 9:27‑29,38)
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Neh. 4:2‑4• 2And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? Will they fortify themselves? Will they sacrifice? Will they make an end in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?
 3{i}And Tobijah the Ammonite was by him, and he said,{/i} Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.
 4Hear, O our God; for we are despised; and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity: (Neh. 4:2‑4)
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Psa. 123:3‑4• 3Be gracious to us, Jehovah,{HR}Be gracious to us,{HR}For greatly are we filled with contempt.
 4Greatly is our soul filled with the scorning of those at ease,{HR}The contempt of the proud. (Psa. 123:3‑4)
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Luke 16:14• 14{i}And the Pharisees also, who were covetous,{/i} heard all these things, {i}and{/i} sneered at him. (Luke 16:14)
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Luke 18:9• 9And he spoke also to some, who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and made nothing of all the rest [of them], this parable: (Luke 18:9)
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John 7:48‑52• 48Did anyone of the rulers believe on him, or of the Pharisees?
 49But this crowd that knoweth not the law, they are accursed.
 50Nicodemus saith unto them, being one of them,
 51Doth our law judge the man, unless it have first heard from him, and know what he doeth?
 52They answered and said to him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search and see that no prophet ariseth out of Galilee. (John 7:48‑52)
void of wisdom.
Heb. destitute of heart.
a man.
Prov. 10:19• 19In the multitude of words there wanteth not transgression;{HR}But he that restraineth his lips doeth wisely. (Prov. 10:19)
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1 Sam. 10:27• 27But the children of Belial, said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace. (1 Sam. 10:27)
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2 Kings 18:36• 36{i}But{/i} the people held their peace, and answered him not a word, for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not. (2 Kings 18:36)
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1 Peter 2:23• 23who when reviled did not again revile, when suffering did not threaten, but gave over to him that judgeth righteously; (1 Peter 2:23)
• When another would stir up strife, it is well if he be met by one who has been instructed in the school of Him “who, when He was reviled, reviled not again; when He suffered, He threatened not. (“Proverbs Eleven” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He that despiseth his neighbour is void of hearte; but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "sense."

W. Kelly Translation

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He that despiseth his neighbour is void of heart;{HR}But a man of understanding holdeth his peace.