Proverbs 11:10
A city exults in the good of the righteous, || And in the destruction of the wicked [is] singing.
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In Context
9A hypocrite corrupts his friend with the mouth, || And the righteous are drawn out by knowledge.
11By the blessing of the upright is a city exalted, || And by the mouth of the wicked thrown down.
Cross References
Judges 5:31So do all Your enemies perish, O YHWH, || And those loving Him [are] || As the going out of the sun in its might!” And the land rests [for] forty years.
2 Chronicles 23:13and sees, and behold, the king is standing by his pillar in the entrance, and the heads, and the trumpets [are] by the king, and all the people of the land rejoicing and shouting with trumpets, and the singers with instruments of song, and the teachers, to praise, and Athaliah tears her garments and says, “Conspiracy! Conspiracy!”
Esther 8:15And Mordecai went out from before the king, in royal clothing of blue and white, and a great crown of gold, and a garment of fine linen and purple, and the city of Shushan has rejoiced and been glad;
Psalms 58:10The righteous rejoices that he has seen vengeance, || He washes his steps in the blood of the wicked.
Proverbs 28:28A man is hidden in the rising of the wicked, || And the righteous multiply in their destruction!
Revelation 19:1And after these things I heard a great voice of a great multitude in Heaven, saying, “Hallelujah! The salvation, and the glory, and the power [belong] to the LORD 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 →