Proverbs 11:10
When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices.When the wicked perish, there is shouting.
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In Context
11By the blessing of the upright, the city is exalted,but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
Cross References
Judges 5:31"So let all your enemies perish, Lord,but let those who love him be as the sun when it rises forth in its strength."And the land had rest forty years.
2 Chronicles 23:13and she looked, and, behold, the king stood by his pillar at the entrance, and the captains and the trumpets by the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew trumpets; the singers also played musical instruments, and led the singing of praise. Then Athaliah tore her clothes, and said, "Treason! Treason!"
Esther 8:15Mordecai went out of the presence of the king in royal clothing of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a robe of fine linen and purple; and the city of Susa shouted and was glad.
Psalms 58:10The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance.He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked;
Proverbs 28:28When the wicked rise, men hide themselves;but when they perish, the righteous thrive.
Revelation 19:1After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, "Hallelujah! Salvation, glory, and power belong 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 →