The Upright Raise Up

Proverbs 11:9-11:

9 With his mouth the godless man would destroy his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.
10 When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices, and when the wicked perish there are shouts of gladness.
11 By the blessing of the upright a city is exalted, but by the mouth of the wicked it is overthrown.

We seen before that there are positive spillovers to righteousness, now we see there are negative spillovers to the wicked. This intuitively makes sense. Hard work, honesty, self-control, empathy, etc are all important for communities to flourish. Here we see the practicality of God's law.