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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Mishlĕ (Proverbs) 11
11
1A false scale is an abomination to יהוה, But a perfect weight is His delight.
2Pride comes, then comes shame; But with the humble is wisdom.
3The integrity of the straight ones guides them, But the slipperiness of the treacherous destroys them.
4Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, But righteousness delivers from death.
5The righteousness of the perfect Makes his way straight, But by his own wrongness the wrong one falls.
6The righteousness of the straight ones delivers them, But the treacherous are caught by greed.
7When a wrong man dies, expectancy perishes, And the ambition of the wicked shall be lost.
8The righteous is delivered from distress, And the wrong one takes his place.
9The defiled one destroys his neighbour with his mouth, But the righteous is delivered by knowledge.
10When the righteous prosper, the city rejoices. And when the wrong perish, there is shouting.
11By the blessing of the straight the city is exalted, But by the mouth of the wrong it is overthrown.
12He who lacks heart despises his neighbour, But a man of understanding keeps silence.
13A slanderer is a revealer of secrets, But one with a trustworthy spirit conceals a matter.
14Without guidance the people fall, But in a great counsellor there is safety.
15He who is guarantor for a stranger suffers harm, But one who hates shaking hands in pledge is safe.
16A woman showing favour obtains esteem, But ruthless men obtain riches.
17A lovingly-commited man is rewarding his being, But he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.
18The wrong one earns false wages, But the one sowing righteousness, a true reward.
19Thus righteousness leads to life, And one pursuing evil, to his own death.
20The perverse of heart are an abomination to יהוה, But the perfect in the Way are His delight.
21Hand to hand, the evil one does not go unpunished, But the seed of the righteous shall escape.
22Like a ring of gold in a pig’s snout, Is a beautiful woman who lacks good sense.
23The desire of the righteous is only good, The expectancy of the wrong is wrath.
24There is one who scatters, yet increases more. And one who withholds more than is right, But it comes to poverty.
25The generous being is enriched, And he who waters is also watered himself.
26The people curse him who withholds grain, But blessing is on the head of him who sells it.
27He who earnestly seeks good, Seeks what is pleasing; But to him who seeks evil, It comes to him.
28He who trusts in his riches falls, But the righteous flourish like a leaf.
29He who troubles his own house inherits wind, And the fool is servant to the wise of heart.
30The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, And he who is winning lives is wise.
31See, the righteous in the earth shall be rewarded, How much more the wrong and the sinner!
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