Proverbs 11:10 {11}
Good News Translation
A city is happy when honest people have good fortune, and there are joyful shouts when the wicked die.

New Revised Standard Version
When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices; and when the wicked perish, there is jubilation.

Contemporary English Version
When honest people prosper and the wicked disappear, the whole city celebrates.

New American Bible
When the just prosper, the city rejoices; when the wicked perish, there is jubilation.

Douay-Rheims Bible
By the blessing of the just the city shall be exalted: and by the mouth of the wicked it shall be overthrown.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

By the blessing of the just the city shall be exalted: and by the mouth of the wicked it shall be overthrown.

it goeth

Proverbs 28:12,28 In the joy of the just there is great glory: when the wicked reign, men are ruined. . . .

Esther 8:15,16 And Mardochai going forth out of the palace, and from the king's presence, shone in royal apparel, to wit, of violet and sky colour, wearing a golden crown on his head, and clothed with a cloak of silk and purple. And all the city rejoiced, and was glad. . . .

when

Exodus 15:21 And she began the song to them, saying: Let us sing to the Lord, for he is gloriously magnified, the horse and his rider he hath thrown into the sea.

Judges 5:31 So let all thy enemies perish, O Lord: but let them that love thee shine, as the sun shineth in his rising. [32] And the land rested for forty years.

Job 27:23 He shall clasp his hands upon him, and shall hiss at him, beholding his place.

Psalm 58:10,11 The just shall rejoice when he shall see the revenge: he shall wash his hands in the blood of the sinner. . . .

Revelation 19:1-7 After these things, I heard as it were the voice of much people in heaven, saying: Alleluia. Salvation and glory and power is to our God. . . .

Context
Dishonest Scales
9When it goeth well with the just, the city shall rejoice: and when the wicked perish, there shall be praise. 10By the blessing of the just the city shall be exalted: and by the mouth of the wicked it shall be overthrown.11He that despiseth his friend, is mean of heart: but the wise man will hold his peace.…
Cross References
2 Kings 11:20
And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet: but Athalia was slain with the sword in the king's house.

Proverbs 11:11
He that despiseth his friend, is mean of heart: but the wise man will hold his peace.

Proverbs 28:12
In the joy of the just there is great glory: when the wicked reign, men are ruined.

Proverbs 29:2
When just men increase, the people shall rejoice: when the wicked shall bear rule, the people shall mourn.

Proverbs 11:9
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