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Selected Verse: Proverbs 11:11 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Pr 11:11 |
Strong Concordance |
By the blessing [01293] of the upright [03477] the city [07176] is exalted [07311]: but it is overthrown [02040] by the mouth [06310] of the wicked [07563]. |
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King James |
By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| By the blessing--implying active benevolence. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| The blessing of the upright - Probably the prayers which he offers for the good of the city in which he dwells, and which avail to preserve it from destruction (compare Gen 18:23-33); or "the blessing which God gives the upright." |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
11 By the blessing of the upright a city is exalted,
But by the mouth of the godless it is broken down.
This verse is related, in the way of confirming it, to Pro 11:10. The lxx, which omits Pro 11:4, here omits 10b and 11a, and combines 10a and 11b into one proverb (vid., Lagarde). The meaning is clear: "by the benedictions and pious prayers of the upright a city rises always to a higher eminence and prosperity; while, on the contrary, the deceitful, arrogant, blasphemous talk of the godless brings ruin to it" (Fl.). The nearest contrast to "by the blessing of the upright" would be "by the cursing of the wicked," but not in the sense of the poet, who means to say that the city raises itself by the blessing of the upright, and on the contrary, when godless men are exalted, then by their words (whose blessing is no better than their curse) it comes to ruin. קרת (= קריה) occurs only four times in Proverbs, and in Job 29:7. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| The blessing - Wherewith they bless the city, by their sincere prayers, and wise and wholesome counsels. The mouth - By their curses, and oaths, and blasphemies, and wicked counsels. |
23 And Abraham [085] drew near [05066], and said [0559], Wilt thou also destroy [05595] the righteous [06662] with [05973] the wicked [07563]?
24 Peradventure there be [03426] fifty [02572] righteous [06662] within [08432] the city [05892]: wilt thou also destroy [05595] and not spare [05375] the place [04725] for [04616] the fifty [02572] righteous [06662] that are therein [07130]?
25 That be far [02486] from thee to do [06213] after this manner [01697], to slay [04191] the righteous [06662] with the wicked [07563]: and that the righteous [06662] should be as the wicked [07563], that be far [02486] from thee: Shall not the Judge [08199] of all the earth [0776] do [06213] right [04941]?
26 And the LORD [03068] said [0559], If I find [04672] in Sodom [05467] fifty [02572] righteous [06662] within [08432] the city [05892], then I will spare [05375] all the place [04725] for their sakes.
27 And Abraham [085] answered [06030] and said [0559], Behold now, I have taken upon me [02974] to speak [01696] unto the Lord [0136], which [0595] am but dust [06083] and ashes [0665]:
28 Peradventure there shall lack [02637] five [02568] of the fifty [02572] righteous [06662]: wilt thou destroy [07843] all the city [05892] for lack of five [02568]? And he said [0559], If I find [04672] there forty [0705] and five [02568], I will not destroy [07843] it.
29 And he spake [01696] unto him yet again [03254], and said [0559], Peradventure there shall be forty [0705] found [04672] there. And he said [0559], I will not do [06213] it for forty's [0705] sake.
30 And he said [0559] unto him, Oh [04994] let not the Lord [0136] be angry [02734], and I will speak [01696]: Peradventure there shall thirty [07970] be found [04672] there. And he said [0559], I will not do [06213] it, if I find [04672] thirty [07970] there.
31 And he said [0559], Behold now, I have taken upon me [02974] to speak [01696] unto the Lord [0136]: Peradventure there shall be twenty [06242] found [04672] there. And he said [0559], I will not destroy [07843] it for twenty's [06242] sake.
32 And he said [0559], Oh let not the Lord [0136] be angry [02734], and I will speak [01696] yet [0389] but this once [06471]: Peradventure ten [06235] shall be found [04672] there. And he said [0559], I will not destroy [07843] it for ten's [06235] sake.
33 And the LORD [03068] went his way [03212], as soon as [0834] he had left [03615] communing [01696] with Abraham [085]: and Abraham [085] returned [07725] unto his place [04725].
7 When I went out [03318] to the gate [08179] through the city [07176], when I prepared [03559] my seat [04186] in the street [07339]!
4 Riches [01952] profit [03276] not in the day [03117] of wrath [05678]: but righteousness [06666] delivereth [05337] from death [04194].
10 When it goeth well [02898] with the righteous [06662], the city [07151] rejoiceth [05970]: and when the wicked [07563] perish [06], there is shouting [07440].