Proverbs 11

CHAPTER 11

¹A ^adeceptive balance is an abomination to Yahweh,

But a ^bjust weight is His delight.

²When ^aarrogance comes, then comes disgrace,

But with the meek is wisdom.

³The ^aintegrity of the upright will lead them,

But the ^bcrookedness of the treacherous will destroy them.

^4aWealth will not profit in the day of wrath,

But ^brighteousness will deliver from death.

⁵The ^arighteousness of the blameless will make his way straight,

But ^bthe wicked will fall by his own wickedness.

⁶The righteousness of the upright will deliver them,

But the treacherous will ^abe captured by their own desire.

⁷When a wicked man dies, his ^ahope will perish,

And the ^bexpectation of vigorous men perishes.

⁸The righteous is rescued from ¹distress,

But the wicked ²takes his place.

⁹With his ^amouth the godless man corrupts his neighbor,

But through knowledge the ^brighteous will be rescued.

¹⁰When it ^agoes well with the righteous, the city exults,

And when the wicked perish, there is joyful shouting.

¹¹By the blessing of the upright a city is raised up,

But by the mouth of the wicked it is torn down.

¹²He who despises his neighbor lacks a heart of wisdom,

But a man of discernment keeps silent.

¹³He ^awho goes about as a slanderer reveals secrets,

But he who is faithful in spirit ^bconceals a matter.

¹⁴Where there is no ^aguidance the people fall,

But in abundance of counselors there is salvation.

¹⁵If one becomes a ^aguarantor for a stranger, he will surely suffer,

But he who hates ¹striking hands in pledge is secure.

¹⁶A ^agracious woman holds fast to glory,

But ruthless men hold fast to riches.

¹⁷The man of ^alovingkindness deals bountifully with his soul,

But the cruel man brings trouble on his flesh.

¹⁸The wicked earns deceptive wages,

But he who ^asows righteousness gets a true reward.

¹⁹He who is steadfast in ^arighteousness will attain to life,

And ^bhe who pursues evil will bring about his own death.

²⁰Those with a crooked heart are an abomination to Yahweh,

But those of a ^ablameless way are His ^bdelight.

²¹¹Assuredly, the evil man will not go unpunished,

But the seed of the righteous will escape.

²²As a ^aring of gold in a swine’s snout

So is a beautiful woman who turns away from ¹discretion.

²³The desire of the righteous is only good,

But the ^ahope of the wicked is wrath.

²⁴There is one who scatters, and yet increases all the more,

And there is one who holds back what is rightly due, and yet results only in want.

²⁵The soul ¹that ^ablesses will be ²enriched,

And he who ^bwaters will himself be watered.

²⁶He who withholds grain, the ^apeople will curse him,

But ^bblessing will be on the head of him who ^csells it.

²⁷He who earnestly seeks good seeks favor,

But ^ahe who searches for evil, evil will come to him.

²⁸He who ^atrusts in his riches will fall,

But ^bthe righteous will flourish like the green leaf.

²⁹He who ^atroubles his own house will ^binherit wind,

And ^cthe ignorant fool will be a slave to the wise of heart.

³⁰The fruit of the righteous is ^aa tree of life,

And ^bhe who is wise ¹wins souls.

³¹If ^athe righteous will be repaid in the earth,

How much more the wicked and the sinner!