Proverbs 11:11

New Century Version

Good people bless and build up their city, but the wicked can destroy it with their words.

Cross References

Genesis 45:8

So it was not you who sent me here, but God. God has made me the highest officer of the king of Egypt. I am in charge of his palace, and I am the master of all the land of Egypt.

2 Samuel 20:1

It happened that a troublemaker named Sheba son of Bicri from the tribe of Benjamin was there. He blew the trumpet and said: “We have no share in David! We have no part in the son of Jesse! People of Israel, let’s go home!”

Job 22:30

Even a guilty person will escape and be saved because your hands are clean.”

Proverbs 11:10

When good people succeed, the city is happy. When evil people die, there are shouts of joy.

Proverbs 11:12

People without good sense find fault with their neighbors, but those with understanding keep quiet.

Proverbs 14:34

Doing what is right makes a nation great, but sin will bring disgrace to any people.

Proverbs 28:2

When a country is lawless, it has one ruler after another; but when it is led by a leader with understanding and knowledge, it continues strong.

Proverbs 29:8

People who make fun of wisdom cause trouble in a city, but wise people calm anger down.

Ecclesiastes 9:15

Now there was a poor but wise man in the town who used his wisdom to save his town. But later on, everyone forgot about him.

James 3:6

And the tongue is like a fire. It is a whole world of evil among the parts of our bodies. The tongue spreads its evil through the whole body. The tongue is set on fire by hell, and it starts a fire that influences all of life.