Proverbs 11:9

The Message

⁹The loose tongue of the godless spreads destruction;
the common sense of the godly preserves them.

Proverbs 11:9

New International Version

⁹With their mouths the godless destroy their neighbors,
but through knowledge the righteous escape.^(A)

¹¹When right-living people bless the city, it flourishes;
evil talk turns it into a ghost town in no time.

¹¹Through the blessing of the upright a city is exalted,^(A)
but by the mouth of the wicked it is destroyed.^(B)

The Message (MSG)

New International Version (NIV)