10 In the prosperity of the righteous the city [a]rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is joy.

11 By the [b]blessing of the righteous the city is exalted: but it is subverted by the mouth of the wicked.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 11:10 The country is blessed, where there are godly men, and they ought to rejoice when the wicked are taken away.
  2. Proverbs 11:11 Or, prosperity.

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