Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.
Cross References
Proverbs 14:33Wisdom rests in the heart of the discerning; even among fools she is known.
Proverbs 14:35A king delights in a wise servant, but his anger falls on the shameful.
Treasury of Scripture
Righteousness exalts a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
righteousness
Deuteronomy 4:6-8
Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people…
Deuteronomy 28:1-14
And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: …
Judges 2:6-14
And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land…
but
Deuteronomy 28:15
But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:
Deuteronomy 29:18-28
Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood; …
Psalm 107:34
A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
