Proverbs 11:11

Modern King James Version

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

Cross References

Genesis 45:8

And now you did not send me here, but God. And He has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler over all the land of Egypt.

2 Samuel 20:1

And there happened to be there a man of Belial named Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite. And he blew a ram's horn and said, We have no part in David, neither do we have any inheritance in the son of Jesse. Every man to his tents, O, Israel!

Job 22:30

He shall deliver one not innocent, and will deliver by the pureness of your hands.

Proverbs 11:10

When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices; and when the wicked are destroyed, there is singing.

Proverbs 11:12

One despising his friend lacks heart, but a man of understanding remains silent.

Proverbs 14:34

Righteousness lifts up a nation, but sin is a shame to any people.

Proverbs 28:2

Because of the transgression of a land, many are its rulers; but it is prolonged by a man of discernment who knows right.

Proverbs 29:8

Scornful men bring a city into a snare, but the wise turn away wrath.

Ecclesiastes 9:15

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

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. So the tongue is set among our members, spotting all the body and inflaming the course of nature, and being inflamed by hell.