Welcome to Wisdom Today with Bill Kelley. Today we will be going over Proverb 11. I will then key in on verses 10 & 11 - When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices; And when the wicked perish, there is jubilation. By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted, But it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked. I will begin by going over the commentary in my Bible (the Nelson Study Bible) for these two verses. It tells us that truly righteous people bring justice to all of the inhabitants of a city. The wording of the commentary actually says that things will be as they "ought to be." Friends, we want the righteous people to b e having their way, and not evil people. I will bring an example in the Bible in the Book of Genesis. It is found in Chapter 18. I will begin reading on verse 20 & read through verse 33. This is the story of Sodom and Gemorrah. Abraham is center stage in this drama and is intervening for any righteous people who may be living in the city. God has determined He is going to destroy these two cities, but Abraham gets God to agree that the cities will not be destroyed if 10 righteous people can be found in the city - so the cities were destroyed. Enjoy!
