Proverbs
Chapters 11:5-11
New International Version Anglicized
5The righteousness of the blameless makes their paths straight,but the wicked are brought down by their own wickedness.
6The righteousness of the upright delivers them,but the unfaithful are trapped by evil desires.
7Hopes placed in mortals die with them;all the promise of their power comes to nothing.
8The righteous person is rescued from trouble,and it falls on the wicked instead.
9With their mouths the godless destroy their neighbours,but through knowledge the righteous escape.
10When the righteous prosper, the city rejoices;when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.
11Through the blessing of the upright a city is exalted,but by the mouth of the wicked it is destroyed.