Proverbs 11:10
When it goeth well with the just the city shall rejoice: and when the wicked perish there shall be praise.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
9The dissembler with his mouth deceiveth his friend: but the just shall be delivered by knowledge.
Cross References
Judges 5:31So let all thy enemies perish, O Lord: but let them that love thee shine, as the sun shineth in his rising.
2 Chronicles 23:13And when she saw the king standing upon the step in the entrance, and the princes, and the companies about him, and all the people of the land rejoicing, and sounding with trumpets, and playing on instruments of divers kinds, and the voice of those that praised, she rent her garments, and said: Treason, treason.
Esther 8:15And Mardochai going forth out of the palace, and from the king's presence, shone in royal apparel, to wit, of violet and sky colour, wearing a golden crown on his head, and clothed with a cloak of silk and purple. And all the city rejoiced and was glad.
Psalms 58:10Before your thorns could know the brier; he swalloweth them up, as alive, in his wrath.
Proverbs 28:28When the wicked rise up, men shall hide themselves: when they perish, the lust shall be multiplied.
Revelation 19:1After these things I heard as it were the voice of much people in heaven, saying: Alleluia. Salvation, and glory, and power is to our God.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 11:10
Common Truths. 9 An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered. Here is, 1. Hypocrisy designing ill. It is not only the murderer with his sword, but the hypocrite with his mouth, that destroys his neighbour, decoying him into sin, or into mischief, by the specious pretences of kindness and good-will. Death and life are in the power of the tongue, but no tongue more fatal than the flattering tongue. 2. Honesty defeating the design and escaping the snare:… Read the whole commentary →