By the blessing of the upright a city is built up, but by the mouth of the wicked it is torn down.
Cross References
Proverbs 11:10When the righteous thrive, the city rejoices, and when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.
Proverbs 11:12Whoever shows contempt for his neighbor lacks judgment, but a man of understanding remains silent.
Proverbs 28:2A land in rebellion has many rulers, but a man of understanding and knowledge maintains order.
Proverbs 29:8Mockers inflame a city, but the wise turn away anger.
Treasury of Scripture
By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
the blessing
Proverbs 14:34
Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
Proverbs 29:8
Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.
Genesis 41:38-42
And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is? …
it
2 Samuel 20:1
And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.
Esther 3:8-15
And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them…
Esther 9:1-16
Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;) …
