Proverbs 11
11
The Value of Righteousness
1Dishonest scales are disgusting to the Lord,
but accurate weights are pleasing to him.
2Arrogance comes,
then comes shame,
but wisdom remains with humble people.
3Integrity guides decent people,
but hypocrisy leads treacherous people to ruin.
4Riches are of no help on the day of fury,
but righteousness saves from death.
5The righteousness of innocent people makes their road smooth,
but wicked people fall by their own wickedness.
6Decent people are saved by their righteousness,
but treacherous people are trapped by their own greed.
7At the death of a wicked person, hope vanishes.
Moreover, his confidence in strength vanishes.
8A righteous person is rescued from trouble,
and a wicked person takes his place.
9With his talk a godless person can ruin his neighbor,
but righteous people are rescued by knowledge.
10When righteous people prosper, a city is glad.
When wicked people die, there are songs of joy.
11With the blessing of decent people a city is raised up,
but by the words of wicked people, it is torn down.
12A person who despises a neighbor has no sense,
but a person who has understanding keeps quiet.
13Whoever gossips gives away secrets,
but whoever is trustworthy in spirit can keep a secret.
14A nation will fall when there is no direction,
but with many advisers there is victory.
15Whoever guarantees a stranger’s loan will get into trouble,
but whoever hates the closing of a deal remains secure.
16A gracious woman wins respect,
but ruthless men gain riches.
17A merciful person helps himself,
but a cruel person hurts himself.
18A wicked person earns dishonest wages,
but whoever spreads righteousness earns honest pay.
19As righteousness leads to life,
so whoever pursues evil finds his own death.
20Devious people are disgusting to the Lord,
but he is delighted with those whose ways are innocent.
21Certainly, an evil person will not go unpunished,
but the descendants of righteous people will escape.
22 ⌞Like⌟ a gold ring in a pig’s snout,
⌞so⌟ is a beautiful woman who lacks good taste.
23The desire of righteous people ends only in good,
but the hope of wicked people ends only in fury.
24One person spends freely and yet grows richer,
while another holds back what he owes and yet grows poorer.
25A generous person will be made rich,
and whoever satisfies others will himself be satisfied.#11:25 Or “and whoever gives someone a drink will also get a drink.”
26People will curse the one who hoards grain,
but a blessing will be upon the head of the one who sells it.
27Whoever eagerly seeks good searches for good will,
but whoever looks for evil finds it.
28Whoever trusts his riches will fall,
but righteous people will flourish like a green leaf.
29Whoever brings trouble upon his family inherits ⌞only⌟ wind,
and that stubborn fool becomes a slave to the wise in heart.
30The fruit of a righteous person is a tree of life,
and a winner of souls is wise.
31If the righteous person is rewarded on earth,
how much more the wicked person and the sinner!
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Proverbs 11
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1Balances of deceit [are] an abomination to Jehovah, And a perfect weight [is] His delight.
2Pride hath come, and shame cometh, And with the lowly [is] wisdom.
3The integrity of the upright leadeth them, And the perverseness of the treacherous destroyeth them.
4Wealth profiteth not in a day of wrath, And righteousness delivereth from death.
5The righteousness of the perfect maketh right his way, And by his wickedness doth the wicked fall.
6The righteousness of the upright delivereth them, And in mischief the treacherous are captured.
7In the death of a wicked man, hope perisheth, And the expectation of the iniquitous hath been lost.
8The righteous from distress is drawn out, And the wicked goeth in instead of him.
9With the mouth a hypocrite corrupteth his friend, And by knowledge the righteous are drawn out.
10In the good of the righteous a city exulteth, And in the destruction of the wicked [is] singing.
11By the blessing of the upright is a city exalted, And by the mouth of the wicked thrown down.
12Whoso is despising his neighbour lacketh heart, And a man of understanding keepeth silence.
13A busybody is revealing secret counsel, And the faithful of spirit is covering the matter.
14Without counsels do a people fall, And deliverance [is] in a multitude of counsellors.
15Evil [one] suffereth when he hath been surety [for] a stranger, And whoso is hating suretyship is confident.
16A gracious woman retaineth honour, And terrible [men] retain riches.
17A kind man is rewarding his own soul, And the fierce is troubling his own flesh.
18The wicked is getting a lying wage, And whoso is sowing righteousness — a true reward.
19Rightly [is] righteousness for life, And whoso is pursuing evil — for his own death.
20An abomination to Jehovah [are] the perverse of heart, And the perfect of the way [are] His delight.
21Hand to hand, the wicked is not acquitted, And the seed of the righteous hath escaped.
22A ring of gold in the nose of a sow — A fair woman and stubborn of behaviour.
23The desire of the righteous [is] only good, The hope of the wicked [is] transgression.
24There is who is scattering, and yet is increased, And who is keeping back from uprightness, only to want.
25A liberal soul is made fat, And whoso is watering, he also is watered.
26Whoso is withholding corn, the people execrate him, And a blessing [is] for the head of him who is selling.
27Whoso is earnestly seeking good Seeketh a pleasing thing, And whoso is seeking evil — it meeteth him.
28Whoso is confident in his wealth he falleth, And as a leaf, the righteous flourish.
29Whoso is troubling his own house inheriteth wind, And a servant [is] the fool to the wise of heart.
30The fruit of the righteous [is] a tree of life, And whoso is taking souls [is] wise.
31Lo, the righteous in the earth is recompensed, Surely also the wicked and the sinner!
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