Proverbs 11:9-11

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

⁹ With their mouths the godless would destroy their neighbors,
    but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.
¹⁰ When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices,
    and when the wicked perish, there is jubilation.^(A)
11 By the blessing of the upright a city is exalted,
    but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.^(B)