Proverbs 11:11 - Compare All Versions

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When right-living people bless the city, it flourishes; evil talk turns it into a ghost town in no time.

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

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

Good people bless and build up their city, but the wicked can destroy it with their words.

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

Through the blessing of the upright a city is exalted, but by the mouth of the wicked it is destroyed.

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

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

Upright citizens are good for a city and make it prosper, but the talk of the wicked tears it apart.

The blessing of favor resting upon the righteous influences a city to lift it higher, but wicked leaders tear it apart by their words.

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