Proverbs 11:11

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

Cross References

Genesis 45:8

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

2 Samuel 20:1

Now a scoundrel named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjaminite, happened to be there. He sounded the trumpet and cried out, “We have no portion in David, no share in the son of Jesse! Everyone to your tents, O Israel!”

Job 22:30

He will deliver even those who are guilty; they will escape because of the cleanness of your hands.”

Proverbs 11:10

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

Proverbs 11:12

Whoever belittles another lacks sense, but an intelligent person remains silent.

Proverbs 14:34

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

Proverbs 28:2

When a land rebels it has many rulers; but with an intelligent person, honesty endures.

Proverbs 29:8

Scoffers set a city aflame, but the wise turn away wrath.

Ecclesiastes 9:15

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

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire. The tongue is placed among our members as a world of iniquity; it stains the whole body, sets on fire the cycle of life, and is itself set on fire by hell.