The Proverbs - Chapter 11

¹ A false balance is abhorrent to Yahweh, a just weight is pleasing to him.

² Pride comes first; disgrace soon follows; with the humble is wisdom found.

³ The honest have their own honesty for guidance, the treacherous are ruined by their own perfidy.

⁴ In the day of retribution riches will be useless, but uprightness delivers from death.

⁵ The uprightness of the good makes their way straight, the wicked fall by their own wickedness.

⁶ Their uprightness sets the honest free, the treacherous are imprisoned by their own desires.

⁷ The hope of the wicked perishes with death, hope placed in riches comes to nothing.

⁸ The upright escapes affliction, the wicked incurs it instead.

⁹ Through his mouth the godless is the ruin of his neighbour, but by knowledge the upright are safeguarded.

¹⁰ When the upright prosper the city rejoices, when the wicked are ruined there is a shout of joy.

¹¹ A city is raised on the blessing of the honest, and demolished by the mouth of the wicked.

¹² Whoever looks down on a neighbour lacks good sense; the intelligent keeps a check on the tongue.

¹³ A tittle-tattler lets secrets out, the trustworthy keeps things hidden.

¹⁴ For want of leadership a people perishes, safety lies in many advisers.

¹⁵ Whoever goes bail for a stranger does himself harm, but one who shuns going surety is safe.

¹⁶ A gracious woman acquires honour, violent people acquire wealth.

¹⁷ Faithful love brings its own reward, the inflexible injure their own selves.

¹⁸ Disappointment crowns the labours of the wicked, whoever sows uprightness reaps a solid reward.

¹⁹ Whoever establishes uprightness is on the way to life, whoever pursues evil, on the way to death.

²⁰ Tortuous hearts are abhorrent to Yahweh, dear to him, those whose ways are blameless.

²¹ Be sure of it, the wicked will not go unpunished, but the race of the upright will come to no harm.

²² A golden ring in the snout of a pig is a lovely woman who lacks discretion.

²³ The hope of the upright is nothing but good, the expectation of the wicked is retribution.

²⁴ One scatters money around, yet only adds to his wealth, another is excessively mean, but only grows the poorer.

²⁵ The soul who blesses will prosper, whoever satisfies others will also be satisfied.

²⁶ The people's curse is on those who hoard the wheat, their blessing on the head of those who sell it.

²⁷ Whoever strives for good obtains favour, whoever looks for evil will get an evil return.

²⁸ Whoever trusts in riches will have a fall, the upright will flourish like the leaves.

²⁹ Whoever misgoverns a house inherits the wind, and the fool becomes slave to the wise.

³⁰ The fruit of the upright is a tree of life: the sage captivates souls.

³¹ If here on earth the upright gets due reward, how much more the wicked and the sinner!

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