Proverbs 11:11 (BSB)

By the blessing of the upright a city is built up, but by the mouth of the wicked it is torn down.

From Proverbs 11. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 11:11

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 11:10-11: It is here observed, I. That good men are generally well-beloved by their neighbours, but nobody cares for wicked people. 1. It is true there are some few that are enemies to the righteous, that are prejudiced against God and godliness, and are therefore vexed to see good men in power and prosperity; but all indifferent persons, even those that have no great stock of...
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 11:11: By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted,.... That is, either by the blessings with which they are blessed; and these are either temporal or spiritual: when good men are blessed with temporal blessings, the place where they live is the better it; and especially the poor, for they do not eat their morsel alone; and where there are many of these, and...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 11:11: By the blessing--implying active benevolence.
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 11:11: Pro 11:11 11 By the blessing of the upright a city is exalted, But by the mouth of the godless it is broken down. This verse is related, in the way of confirming it, to Pro 11:10. The lxx, which omits Pro 11:4, here omits 10b and 11a, and combines 10a and 11b into one proverb (vid., Lagarde).