Proverbs 11:10
in Proverbs 11When the righteous thrive, the city rejoices, and when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.
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ASV
When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth; And when the wicked perish, there is shouting.
KJV
When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.
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This verse in Proverbs 11
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
With his mouth the ungodly man destroys his neighbor
on Proverbs 11:9-11
“With his mouth the ungodly man destroys his neighbor,” and it takes knowledge to rescue the righteous from the harm his words intend. The next proverbs widen the view from neighbor to city: “When the righteous thrive, the city rejoices,” and one man's character moves a town's fortune.
This site's exposition
When the righteous thrive, the city rejoices
A whole town feels the fortunes of its people. Adam Clarke says the upright man blesses his neighborhood by his example, his advice and his prayers, so the city welcomes his prosperity. The death of a wicked man who cursed the place brings shouts of joy.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
When it goeth well - An upright, pious, sensible man is a great blessing to the neighborhood where he resides, by his example, his advice, and his prayers. The considerate prize him on these accounts, and rejoice in his prosperity. But when the wicked perish, who has been a general curse by the contagion of his example and conversation, there is not only no regret expressed for his decease, but a general joy because God has removed him.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
the ceiling is raised The ceiling of the Temple will be preserved at its height from falling. As long as the kings of Judah were upright, their prayer preserved the Temple.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 1 further source is cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בְּט֣וּב | betuv | in [the] prosperity of | H2898 → | |
| צַ֭דִּיקִים | tzadikim | righteous [people] | H6662 → | 206 times |
| תַּעֲלֹ֣ץ | taalotz | it rejoices | H5970 → | |
| קִרְיָ֑ה | kiryah | a town | H7151 → | 29 times |
| וּבַאֲבֹ֖ד | uvaavod | and when perish | H6 → | 184 times |
| רְשָׁעִ֣ים | reshaim | wicked [people] | H7563 → | 263 times |
| רִנָּֽה׃ | rinah | a shout of joy | H7440 → |
בְּט֣וּבin [the] prosperity of
betuvH2898 →
צַ֭דִּיקִיםrighteous [people]
tzadikimH6662 →206 times
תַּעֲלֹ֣ץit rejoices
taalotzH5970 →
קִרְיָ֑הa town
kiryahH7151 →29 times
וּבַאֲבֹ֖דand when perish
uvaavodH6 →184 times
רְשָׁעִ֣יםwicked [people]
reshaimH7563 →263 times
רִנָּֽה׃a shout of joy
rinahH7440 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Proverbs 28:12When the righteous triumph, there is great glory, but when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.
it leads to
- Proverbs 29:2
When the righteous flourish, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, the people groan.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Proverbs 28:28
When the wicked come to power, people hide themselves; but when they perish, the righteous flourish.
- Esther 8:15–17
Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal garments of blue and white, with a large gold crown and a purple robe of fine linen. And the city of Susa shouted…
- Proverbs 29:2
Through
Proverbs 28:28When the wicked come to power, people hide themselves; but when they perish, the righteous flourish.
it leads to
- Acts 12:23–24
Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.
- Job 24:4
They push the needy off the road and force all the poor of the land into hiding.
- Proverbs 28:12
When the righteous triumph, there is great glory, but when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.
- Acts 12:23–24
Through
Judges 5:31So may all Your enemies perish, O LORD! But may those who love You shine like the sun at its brightest.” And the land had rest for forty years.
it leads to
- Psalms 37:6
He will bring forth your righteousness like the dawn, your justice like the noonday sun.
- 2 Samuel 23:4
is like the light of the morning at sunrise of a cloudless dawn, the glistening after the rain on the sprouting grass of the earth.’
- Psalms 37:6
Where this verse is studied
About Proverbs
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Charles Bridges, An Exposition of the Book of Proverbs; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).