Proverbs 11:11

A Conservative Version

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

Cross References

Proverbs 14:34

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

Proverbs 29:8

Scoffers set a city in a flame, but wise men turn away wrath.

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire, the world of unrighteousness. Thus, the tongue is made to lead among our body-parts, defiling the whole body, and setting the cycle of nature on fire, and being set on fire by hell.

Ecclesiastes 9:15

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

Job 22:30

He will deliver [even] him who is not innocent. Yea, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of thy hands.

2 Samuel 20:1

And there happened to be there a base fellow whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite. And he blew the trumpet, and said, We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse. Every man to his te

Genesis 45:8

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

Proverbs 11:10

When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices. And when the wicked perish, there is shouting.

Proverbs 11:12

He who despises his neighbor is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding holds his peace.

Proverbs 28:2

For the transgression of a land many are the rulers of it. But by men of understanding [and] knowledge the state shall be prolonged.