Proverbs 11:9

Hypocrite. Heb. chaneph, literally, "a profane, irreligious person." The KJV translates the 13 occurrences of this word by "hypocrite" (Job 8:13; 13:16; etc.). The Vaticanus Manuscript of the LXX renders chaneph by asebes, "ungodly," although the Greek translations made by Aquila and Symmachus and Theodotion in the early days of the Christian dispensation have hupokrites, "hypocrite." The profane man, whether hypocritical or not, is often ready and willing to destroy his neighbor by falsehoods, insinuations, and slander. Death and life are in the power of the tongue (Prov. 18:21). The just and upright neighbor, with a knowledge of God and of the way of righteousness, will use that knowledge to escape from the snare. His reputation for righteousness will often be sufficient to deliver him from the false accusations of his enemy.