Proverbs 11

¹ Deceitful scales are an abhorrence to Yahweh, Yet an equitable standard weight is acceptable to Him. ² When arrogance comes, then dishonor shall also come, Yet with the meek is wisdom. ³ The integrity of the upright shall guide them, Yet the subversion of the treacherous shall devastate them. ⁴ Wealth is no benefit in the day of rage, Yet righteousness shall rescue from death. ⁵ The righteousness of the flawless one shall make his way straight, Yet by his wickedness shall the wicked one fall. ⁶ The righteousness of the upright shall rescue them, Yet the treacherous shall be seized by their own woeful scheme. ⁷ With the death of a wicked man his expectation shall perish, And the hope of lawless men perishes; ⁸ The righteous one is extricated from distress, And the wicked one shall come in his stead. ⁹ With his mouth the polluted man would bring ruin on his associate, Yet by knowledge the righteous shall be extricated. ¹⁰ In the welfare of the righteous the town is glad, And in the destruction of the wicked there is jubilation. ¹¹ By the blessing of the upright the town shall be exalted, Yet by the mouth of the wicked it shall be demolished. ¹² One who despises his associate has lack of heart wisdom, But the man of comprehension keeps silence. ¹³ He who goes about as a defamer reveals secret deliberation, Yet one faithful of spirit covers a confidential matter. ¹⁴ When there are no strategies a people shall fall, Yet in many counsellors there is safety. ¹⁵ He shall be imperiled with evil when one is surety for an alien, Yet he who hates clasping a pledger's hand dwells in trust. ¹⁶ A gracious woman upholds glory, Yet terrifying men uphold riches. ¹⁷ A benign man deals well with his soul, Yet a cruel man brings trouble on his own brawn. ¹⁸ The wicked one makes false wages, Yet he who sows righteousness reaps faithful hire. ¹⁹ To acquire righteousness leads to life, Yet he who pursues evil goes to his death. ²⁰ An abhorrence to Yahweh are those who are perverse of heart, Yet His benevolence is with those flawless of way. ²¹ A hand upon hand: the evil person shall not be held innocent, Yet the seed of the righteous will be left undisturbed. ²² A pendant of gold in a swine's snout, Such is a lovely woman who withdraws from discretion. ²³ The yearning of the righteous ends only in good, The expectation of the wicked in rage. ²⁴ There is one who disperses yet is enhanced more, And another who keeps back more than what is upright yet ends only with a lack. ²⁵ The soul who gives a blessing is conferred with richness, And he who waters, he himself shall be watered also. ²⁶ The populace shall revile him who withholds cereal grain, Yet blessing is on the head of him who retails. ²⁷ He who seeks early for good shall discover benevolence, Yet he who seeks after evil, it shall come to him. ²⁸ He who trusts in his riches, he himself shall fall, Yet the righteous shall bud like a leaf. ²⁹ He who brings trouble on his own house shall have wind as an allotment, And the foolish one shall be servant to the wise of heart. ³⁰ The fruit of a righteous man is a tree of life, And he who procures souls is wise. ³¹ If the righteous one receives repayment on the earth, How much more indeed the wicked one and the sinner.