Proverbs 11:11

Tree of Life Version

Through the blessing of the upright a city is exalted, but by the mouth of the wicked it is destroyed.

Cross References

Genesis 45:8

So now, it wasn’t you, you didn’t send me here, but God! And He made me as a father to Pharaoh, lord over his whole house and ruler over the entire land of Egypt.

2 Samuel 20:1

Now a worthless fellow happened to be there, a Benjamite named Sheba son of Bichri. He blew the shofar and said, “We have no portion in David, no inheritance in the son of Jesse! Every man to his tents, O Israel!”

Job 22:30

He will deliver even one who is not innocent, who will be delivered by the cleanness of your hands.”

Proverbs 11:10

When the righteous do well, a city rejoices. When the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.

Proverbs 11:12

One who despises his neighbor lacks sense, but one with discernment remains silent.

Proverbs 14:34

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

Proverbs 28:2

When a country is in rebellion, it has many rulers, but a man of discernment and knowledge maintains order.

Proverbs 29:8

Mockers incite a city, but wise men turn away anger.

Ecclesiastes 9:15

Now a poor, wise man was found in it, and he delivered the city by his shrewdness. Yet nobody remembered that poor man!

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire. The tongue is a world of evil placed among our body parts. It pollutes the whole body and sets on fire the course of life—and is set on fire by Gehenna.