Proverbs 11:11

By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted; but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

Proverbs 29:8

Scornful men set the city in a flame; but the wise turn away anger.

Genesis 41:38-42

And Pharaoh said to his bondmen, Shall we find one as this, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?

Genesis 45:8

And now it was not you that sent me here, but God; and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and governor over all the land of Egypt.

2 Samuel 20:1

And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjaminite; and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, Israel.

2 Chronicles 32:20-22

And because of this, king Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz prayed and cried to heaven.

Esther 3:8-15

And Haman said to king Ahasuerus, There is a people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from those of every people, and they keep not the king's laws; and it is not for the king's profit to suffer them.

Esther 9:1-16

And in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day thereof, 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 (but it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had power over them that hated them),

Job 22:30

Even him that is not innocent shall he deliver; yea, he shall be delivered by the pureness of thy hands.

Proverbs 14:34

Righteousness exalteth a nation; but sin is a reproach to peoples.

Ecclesiastes 9:15

and there was found in it a poor wise man, who by his wisdom delivered the city; but no man remembered that poor man.

James 3:6

and the tongue is fire, the world of unrighteousness; the tongue is set in our members, the defiler of the whole body, and which sets fire to the course of nature, and is set on fire of hell.

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Summary

By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

Bible References

The blessing

Proverbs 14:34
Righteousness exalteth a nation; but sin is a reproach to peoples.
Proverbs 29:8
Scornful men set the city in a flame; but the wise turn away anger.
Genesis 41:38
And Pharaoh said to his bondmen, Shall we find one as this, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?
Genesis 45:8
And now it was not you that sent me here, but God; and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and governor over all the land of Egypt.
2 Chronicles 32:20
And because of this, king Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz prayed and cried to heaven.
Job 22:30
Even him that is not innocent shall he deliver; yea, he shall be delivered by the pureness of thy hands.
Ecclesiastes 9:15
and there was found in it a poor wise man, who by his wisdom delivered the city; but no man remembered that poor man.

It

2 Samuel 20:1
And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjaminite; and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, Israel.
Esther 3:8
And Haman said to king Ahasuerus, There is a people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from those of every people, and they keep not the king's laws; and it is not for the king's profit to suffer them.
Esther 9:1
And in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day thereof, 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 (but it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had power over them that hated them),
James 3:6
and the tongue is fire, the world of unrighteousness; the tongue is set in our members, the defiler of the whole body, and which sets fire to the course of nature, and is set on fire of hell.