Proverbs 11:11 - New Revised Standard Version

¹¹ By the blessing of the upright a city is exalted, but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: But it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ By the blessing of the influence of the upright and God's favor [because of them] the city is exalted, but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted; But it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

Common English Bible

¹¹ A city is honored by the blessing of the virtuous; it is destroyed by the words of the wicked.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ By the blessing of the just, the city shall be exalted. And by the mouth of the impious, it will be subverted.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹¹ By the blessing of the just the city shall be exalted: and by the mouth of the wicked it shall be overthrown.

Proverbs 11:11 Cross References

Genesis 45:8

So it was not you who sent me here, but God; he has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

2 Samuel 20:1

Now a scoundrel named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjaminite, happened to be there. He sounded the trumpet and cried out, “We have no portion in David, no share in the son of Jesse! Everyone to your tents, O Israel!”

Job 22:30

He will deliver even those who are guilty; they will escape because of the cleanness of your hands.”

Proverbs 11:10

When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices; and when the wicked perish, there is jubilation.

Proverbs 11:12

Whoever belittles another lacks sense, but an intelligent person remains silent.

Proverbs 14:34

Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.

Proverbs 28:2

When a land rebels it has many rulers; but with an intelligent ruler there is lasting order.

Proverbs 29:8

Scoffers set a city aflame, but the wise turn away wrath.

Ecclesiastes 9:15

Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city. Yet no one remembered that poor man.

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire. The tongue is placed among our members as a world of iniquity; it stains the whole body, sets on fire the cycle of nature, and is itself set on fire by hell.