Proverbs 11:10
“When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.”
The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.
An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.
When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.
By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.
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Cross-References
“When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.”
“When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.”
“The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.”
“And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with instruments of musick, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason.”
“The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.”