Proverbs 11:11

The Scriptures 2009

By the blessing of the straight the city is exalted, But by the mouth of the wrong it is overthrown.

Cross References

Genesis 45:8

So then, you did not send me here, but Elohim. And He has set me for a father to Pharaoh, and master of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Mitsrayim.”

2 Samuel 20:1

And there came to be a man of Beliya‛al, whose name was Sheḇa son of Biḵri, a Binyamite. And he blew with the shophar, and said, “We have no part in Dawiḏ, nor do we have inheritance in the son of Yishai – each one to his tents, O Yisra’ĕl!”

Job 22:30

Would He deliver one who is not innocent? So by the cleanness of your hands you shall be delivered.”

Proverbs 11:10

When the righteous prosper, the city rejoices. And when the wrong perish, there is shouting.

Proverbs 11:12

He who lacks heart despises his neighbour, But a man of understanding keeps silence.

Proverbs 14:34

Righteousness exalts a nation; And loving-commitment, To the peoples is sin.

Proverbs 28:2

Because of transgression of a land, Many are its rulers; But by a man of understanding and knowledge, Right is maintained.

Proverbs 29:8

Scoffers ensnare a city, But the wise turn away wrath.

Ecclesiastes 9:15

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

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire, the world of unrighteousness. Among our members the tongue is set, the one defiling the entire body, and setting on fire the wheel of life, and it is set on fire by GĕHinnom.