chapter_Proverbs_11
Proverbs 11:1: Balances of deceit are an abomination to Jehovah, And a perfect weight is His delight. Proverbs 11:2: Pride hath come, and shame cometh, And with the lowly is wisdom. Proverbs 11:3: The integrity of the upright leadeth them, And the perverseness of the treacherous destroyeth them. Proverbs 11:4: Wealth profiteth not in a day of wrath, And righteousness delivereth from death. Proverbs 11:5: The righteousness of the perfect maketh right his way, And by his wickedness doth the wicked fall. Proverbs 11:6: The righteousness of the upright delivereth them, And in mischief the treacherous are captured. Proverbs 11:7: In the death of a wicked man, hope perisheth, And the expectation of the iniquitous hath been lost. Proverbs 11:8: The righteous from distress is drawn out, And the wicked goeth in instead of him. Proverbs 11:9: With the mouth a hypocrite corrupteth his friend, And by knowledge the righteous are drawn out. Proverbs 11:10: In the good of the righteous a city exulteth, And in the destruction of the wicked is singing. Proverbs 11:11: By the blessing of the upright is a city exalted, And by the mouth of the wicked thrown down. Proverbs 11:12: Whoso is despising his neighbour lacketh heart, And a man of understanding keepeth silence. Proverbs 11:13: A busybody is revealing secret counsel, And the faithful of spirit is covering the matter. Proverbs 11:14: Without counsels do a people fall, And deliverance is in a multitude of counsellors. Proverbs 11:15: Evil one suffereth when he hath been surety for a stranger, And whoso is hating suretyship is confident. Proverbs 11:16: A gracious woman retaineth honour, And terrible men retain riches. Proverbs 11:17: A kind man is rewarding his own soul, And the fierce is troubling his own flesh. Proverbs 11:18: The wicked is getting a lying wage, And whoso is sowing righteousness &#8212; a true reward. Proverbs 11:19: Rightly is righteousness for life, And whoso is pursuing evil &#8212; for his own death. Proverbs 11:20: An abomination to Jehovah are the perverse of heart, And the perfect of the way are His delight. Proverbs 11:21: Hand to hand, the wicked is not acquitted, And the seed of the righteous hath escaped. Proverbs 11:22: A ring of gold in the nose of a sow &#8212; A fair woman and stubborn of behaviour. Proverbs 11:23: The desire of the righteous is only good, The hope of the wicked is transgression. Proverbs 11:24: There is who is scattering, and yet is increased, And who is keeping back from uprightness, only to want. Proverbs 11:25: A liberal soul is made fat, And whoso is watering, he also is watered. Proverbs 11:26: Whoso is withholding corn, the people execrate him, And a blessing is for the head of him who is selling. Proverbs 11:27: Whoso is earnestly seeking good Seeketh a pleasing thing, And whoso is seeking evil &#8212; it meeteth him. Proverbs 11:28: Whoso is confident in his wealth he falleth, And as a leaf, the righteous flourish. Proverbs 11:29: Whoso is troubling his own house inheriteth wind, And a servant is the fool to the wise of heart. Proverbs 11:30: The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, And whoso is taking souls is wise. Proverbs 11:31: Lo, the righteous in the earth is recompensed, Surely also the wicked and the sinner!
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