Proverbs 11:11 - The Scriptures 1998

¹¹ By the blessing of the straight the city is exalted, But by the mouth of the wrong it is overthrown.

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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.

Proverbs 11:11 Cross References

Genesis 45:8

“So then, you did not send me here, but Elohim. And He has set me for a father to Pharaoh, and master of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Mitsrayim.

2 Samuel 20:1

And there came to be a man of Beliyaʽ

Job 22:30

Would He deliver one who is not innocent? So by the cleanness of your hands you shall be delivered.”

Proverbs 11:10

When the righteous prosper, the city rejoices. And when the wrong perish, there is shouting.

Proverbs 11:12

He who lacks heart despises his neighbour, But a man of understanding keeps silence.

Proverbs 14:34

Righteousness exalts a nation, But sin is a reproach to peoples.

Proverbs 28:2

Because of transgression of a land, Many are its rulers; But by a man of understanding and knowledge, Right is maintained.

Proverbs 29:8

Scoffers ensnare a city, But the wise turn away wrath.

Ecclesiastes 9:15

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

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire, the world of unrighteousness. Among our members the tongue is set, the one defiling the entire body, and setting on fire the wheel of life, and it is set on fire by Gehenna.