Proverbs 11:21
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.”
צַדִּיק
The blessed man is not the one who has never fallen — it is the one who knows where not to stand, not to walk, not to sit. Righteousness in the Psalms is relational — it is being in right standing with God, walking in step with Him, rooted in His word like a tree by water.
מָלַט
he will be delivered
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מָלַט
properly, to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young, emit sparks
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רַע
an evil person
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רַע
Evil, wicked, bad. Ra. The LORD will keep you from all evil. Not just some evil or most evil. All evil. His protection matches His power.
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נָקָה
he will go unpunished
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נָקָה
to be (or make) clean (literally or figuratively); by implication (in an adverse sense) to be bare, i.e. extirpated
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יָד
hand
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יָד
Hand. Yad. The hand as the symbol of power and action. When God's hand rests on a life nothing is impossible.
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