Homilist Proverbs 11:10 When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting. Down deep beneath the errors, follies, vanities of the community, there is a conscience. That conscience points evermore to the right and the just, as the needle to the pole. I. THE PUBLIC CONSCIENCE IN RELATION TO THE RIGHTEOUS. 1. Public conscience is gratified by the prosperity of the righteous. 2. Public conscience acknowledges the usefulness of the righteous. II. PUBLIC CONSCIENCE IN RELATION TO THE WICKED. 1. It rejoices in their ruin. 2. It acknowledges their mischief.The "mouth of the wicked" — the channel of impieties, falsehoods, impurities, and innumerable pernicious errors have caused in all ages, and is still causing, the overthrow of states. (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.WEB: When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices. When the wicked perish, there is shouting. |
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