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.
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. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: But it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition By the blessing of the influence of the upright and God's favor [because of them] the city is exalted, but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked. American Standard Version (1901) By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted; But it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked. Common English Bible A city is honored by the blessing of the virtuous; it is destroyed by the words of the wicked. Catholic Public Domain Version By the blessing of the just, the city shall be exalted. And by the mouth of the impious, it will be subverted. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version By the blessing of the just the city shall be exalted: and by the mouth of the wicked it shall be overthrown. |
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.
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!”
He will deliver even one who is not innocent, who will be delivered by the cleanness of your hands.”
When the righteous do well, a city rejoices. When the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.
One who despises his neighbor lacks sense, but one with discernment remains silent.
When a country is in rebellion, it has many rulers, but a man of discernment and knowledge maintains order.
Now a poor, wise man was found in it, and he delivered the city by his shrewdness. Yet nobody remembered that poor man!
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.