Proverbs 11

¹Balances of deceit are an abomination to YHWH, And a perfect weight is His delight.

²Pride has come, and shame comes, And wisdom is with the lowly.

³The integrity of the upright leads them, And the perverseness of the treacherous destroys them.

⁴Wealth does not profit in a day of wrath, And righteousness delivers from death.

⁵The righteousness of the perfect makes his way right, And by his wickedness the wicked fall.

⁶The righteousness of the upright delivers them, And in mischief the treacherous are captured.

⁷In the death of a wicked man, hope perishes, And the expectation of the iniquitous has been lost.

⁸The righteous is drawn out from distress, And the wicked goes in instead of him.

⁹A hypocrite corrupts his friend with the mouth, And the righteous are drawn out by knowledge.

¹⁰A city exults in the good of the righteous, 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.

¹²Whoever is despising his neighbor lacks heart, And a man of understanding keeps silence.

¹³A busybody is revealing secret counsel, And the faithful of spirit is covering the matter.

¹⁴Without counsels a people falls, And deliverance is in a multitude of counselors.

¹⁵An evil one suffers when he has been guarantor for a stranger, And whoever hates striking hands in agreement is confident.

¹⁶A gracious woman retains honor, 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 whoever is sowing righteousness—a true reward.

¹⁹Correctly is righteousness for life, And whoever is pursuing evil—for his own death.

²⁰The perverse of heart are an abomination to YHWH, And the perfect of the way are His delight.

²¹Hand to hand, the wicked is not acquitted, And the seed of the righteous has escaped.

²²A ring of gold in the nose of a sow—A beautiful woman and stubborn of behavior.

²³The desire of the righteous is only good, The hope of the wicked is transgression.

²⁴There is one who is scattering, and yet is increased, And one who is keeping back from uprightness, only to want.

²⁵A liberal soul is made fat, And whoever is watering, he also is watered.

²⁶Whoever is withholding grain, the people execrate him, And a blessing is for the head of him who is selling.

²⁷Whoever is earnestly seeking good Seeks a pleasing thing, And whoever is seeking evil—it meets him.

²⁸Whoever is confident in his wealth falls, And as a leaf, the righteous flourish.

²⁹Whoever is troubling his own house inherits wind, And the fool is a servant to the wise of heart.

³⁰The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, And whoever is taking souls is wise.

³¹Behold, the righteous is repaid in the earth, Surely also the wicked and the sinner!

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