Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

By the blessing of the upright a city is exalted,
But by the mouth of the wicked it is torn down.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

A city is built up by the blessing of the upright,
but it is torn down by the mouth of the wicked.

International Standard Version

Through the blessing of the righteous a city is built up, but what the wicked say tears it down.

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


By the blessing [of the influence] of the upright the city is exalted,
But by the mouth of the wicked it is torn down.

Bible in Basic English

By the blessing of the upright man the town is made great, but it is overturned by the mouth of the evil-doer.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

By the blessing of the upright the city shall be exalted: and by the mouth of the unjust it shall be overthrown.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

By the blessing of the upright, a city will be exalted, but by the mouth of the wicked, it will be overthrown.

Modern King James verseion

By the blessing of the upright the city is lifted up, but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

When the just are in wealth, the city prospereth; but when the ungodly have the rule, it decayeth.

NET Bible

A city is exalted by the blessing provided from the upright, but it is destroyed by the counsel of the wicked.

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

When the upright are blessed, exalted is the city, but, by the mouth of the lawless, it is overthrown.

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

By the blessing of the upright is a city exalted, And by the mouth of the wicked thrown down.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
By the blessing
בּרכה 
B@rakah 
Usage: 69

the city
קרת 
Qereth 
Usage: 5

is exalted
רוּם 
Ruwm 
Usage: 189

by the mouth
פּה 
Peh 
Usage: 497

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

10 The city rejoices when all goes well with the righteous. There is joyful shouting when the wicked perish. 11 By the blessing of the upright a city is exalted,
But by the mouth of the wicked it is torn down.
12 He who is void of wisdom despises his neighbor, but a man of understanding holds his peace.



Cross References

Proverbs 29:8

Scornful men bring a city into a snare. Wise men turn away anger.

Genesis 41:38-42

and he said to them: We will never find a better man than Joseph. He is a man who has God's Spirit in him.

Genesis 45:8

It was not you who sent me here, but God. He has made me like a father to Pharaoh. He made me lord over his entire household, and ruler of Egypt.

2 Samuel 20:1

A worthless character named Sheba son of Bikri lived at Gilgal. He was of the tribe of Benjamin. He blew the trumpet and called out: Down with David! We will not follow him! Men of Israel, let us go home!

2 Chronicles 32:20-22

King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah, son of Amoz, prayed about this and called to heaven.

Esther 3:8-15

Haman said to King Ahasuerus, There is a nation living here and there in small groups among the people in all the divisions of your kingdom. Their laws are different from those of any other nation. They do not keep the king's laws. For this reason it is not right for the king to let them be.

Esther 9:1-16

Now on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, when the time came for the king's order to be put into effect, on the very day when the enemies of the Jews hoped to rule over them the opposite occurred, and the Jews had rule over their enemies.

Job 22:30

He will deliver even those who are guilty. They will escape because of the cleanness of your hands.

Proverbs 14:34

Righteousness exalts a nation! But sin is a reproach to any people.

Ecclesiastes 9:15

Now there was found in it a poor wise man. By his wisdom he delivered the city. Yet no man remembered that same poor man.

James 3:6

The tongue is like fire, the place of iniquity among our members. It defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of our life. It is set ablaze like the ever-burning fires in the Valley of Hinnom (Greek: Gehenna: symbolic of total destruction).

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