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Proverbs 11:10

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When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.
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  1. Proverbs 28:12Rank 1 from verse 10
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    12When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.

  2. Esther 8:15–16Rank 2 from verse 10
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    15¶ And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.

    16The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.

  3. Psalms 58:10–11Rank 3 from verse 10
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    10The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

    11So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.

  4. Judges 5:31Rank 4 from verse 10
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    31So let all thine enemies perish, O Lord: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.

  5. Proverbs 28:28Rank 5 from verse 10
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    28When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.

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Proverbs 11:10

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righteous

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Sense 1: Right, just, equitable, or in accord with truth, justice, or the will of God. Sense 2: Upright or innocent in a matter. Sense 3: Made or regarded as right. Sense 4: As a noun, persons so described.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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perish

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Sense 1: Of a living person or creature, to die, be killed, be destroyed, or be lost. Sense 2: Of a thing, condition, plan, thought, or work, to be ruined, decay, fail, vanish, or come to nothing.

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shouting

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The act or sound of crying out loudly in joy, worship, harvest, alarm, battle, or tumult.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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9An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.

10When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.

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11By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

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