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Proverbs 11:10

When righteous people prosper, a city rejoices; 1 when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy. 1

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In The King James Version

When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.

In Context

9With his mouth the godless person destroys his neighbor, 1 but through knowledge righteous people are kept safe. 1

11Through the good gifts of those who please God, the city becomes great; 1 by the mouth of the wicked, the city is torn down. 1

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Cross References

Judges 5:31So may all your enemies perish, Yahweh! 1 But your friends be like the sun when it rises in its might.” Then the land had peace for forty years.

2 Chronicles 23:13and she looked, and, behold, the king was standing by his pillar at the entrance, and the commanders and the trumpeters were by the king. All the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets, and the singers were playing musical instruments and leading the singing of praise. Then Athaliah tore her clothes and shouted, “Treason! Treason!”

Esther 8:15Then Mordecai left the king's presence wearing royal clothes of blue and white, with a great crown of gold and a purple robe of fine linen, and the city of Susa shouted and rejoiced.

Psalms 58:10The righteous will rejoice when he sees God's vengeance; 1 he will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked, 1

Proverbs 28:28When the wicked arise, people hide themselves; 1 but when they perish, the righteous increase.

Revelation 19:1After these things I heard what sounded like a loud voice of a large number of people in heaven saying, 1 “Hallelujah. 1 Salvation, glory, and power belong to our God. 2

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 →

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