ProverbsChapter 11

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¹The LORD hates scales that cheat.
But honest weights please him. ²When pride comes, shame follows.
But wisdom comes with being humble. ³Honest people are guided by their integrity.
But unfaithful people are destroyed by their crooked ways. ⁴Riches are worth nothing on the day of wrath.
But doing what is right saves people from death. ⁵The goodness of the blameless makes their path straight.
But the wicked fall because of their own evil. ⁶Doing what is right rescues honest people.
But unfaithful people are trapped by their own desires. ⁷When a wicked man dies, his hope dies too.
All he hoped for from his strength is gone. ⁸A man who does right is saved from trouble.
The wicked man falls into it in his place. ⁹A godless man ruins his neighbor with his words.
But those who do right are rescued by knowledge. ¹⁰When those who do right do well, the city is glad.
When the wicked die, people shout for joy. ¹¹A city is built up by the blessing of honest people.
But it is torn down by the words of the wicked. ¹²Whoever looks down on his neighbor has no sense.
But a person with understanding keeps quiet. ¹³A gossip tells secrets.
But a person you can trust keeps a secret. ¹⁴A nation falls when it has no guidance.
But with many advisers it is kept safe. ¹⁵Whoever promises to pay a stranger's debt will surely suffer.
But whoever refuses to make such promises is safe. ¹⁶A kind woman gains honor.
But cruel men gain only wealth. ¹⁷A kind man does good for himself.
But a cruel man brings trouble on himself. ¹⁸A wicked man earns pay that is empty.
But whoever plants what is right gets a true reward. ¹⁹Truly doing what is right leads to life.
But chasing after evil brings death. ²⁰The LORD hates people with twisted hearts.
But people who live blameless lives please him. ²¹You can be sure the wicked will be punished.
But the children of those who do right will escape. ²²A beautiful woman who has no good sense
is like a gold ring in a pig's nose. ²³What people who do right desire leads only to good.
But what the wicked hope for brings wrath. ²⁴One person gives freely, yet gets even more.
Another holds back what he should give, and he only becomes poor. ²⁵A generous person will do well.
Whoever refreshes others will be refreshed too. ²⁶People curse the one who stores up grain and won't sell it.
But they bless the one who sells it. ²⁷Whoever looks for what is good finds favor.
But evil will come to the one who looks for it. ²⁸Whoever trusts in his riches will fall.
But those who do right will grow like green leaves. ²⁹Whoever brings trouble on his family will get only wind.
The fool will be a servant to the wise. ³⁰The fruit of those who do right is a tree of life.
And whoever wins souls is wise. ³¹If those who do right get what they have earned on earth,
how much more the godless and the sinner!