By the blessingof the uprighta cityis exalted,But by the mouthof the wickedit is torndown.
"Now,therefore, it was not you who sentme here,but God;and He has mademe a fatherto Pharaohand lordof allhis householdand rulerover allthe landof Egypt.
Now a worthlessfellowhappenedto be therewhose namewas Sheba,the sonof Bichri,a Benjamite;and he blewthe trumpetand said,"We havenoportionin David,Nordo we have inheritancein the sonof Jesse;Everymanto his tents,O Israel!"
"He will deliverone who is not innocent,And he will be deliveredthrough the cleannessof your hands."
When it goes wellwith the righteous,the cityrejoices,And when the wickedperish,there is joyfulshouting.
He who despiseshis neighborlackssense,But a manof understandingkeepssilent.
Righteousnessexaltsa nation,But sinis a disgraceto [any] people.
By the transgressionof a landmanyare its princes,But by a manof understanding[and] knowledge,soit endures.
Scornersseta cityaflame,But wisementurnawayanger.
But there was foundin it a poorwisemanand he deliveredthe cityby his wisdom.Yet noonerememberedthat poorman.
And the tongueis a fire,the [very] worldof iniquity;the tongueis setamongour membersas that which defilesthe entirebody,and setson firethe courseof [our] life,and is set on fireby hell.
