Proverbs 11:3

The Message

The integrity of the honest keeps them on track; the deviousness of crooks brings them to ruin.

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Use all your skill to put me together; I wait to see your finished product.

Clear my name, God; I’ve kept an honest shop. I’ve thrown in my lot with you, God, and I’m not budging.

Moral character makes for smooth traveling; an evil life is a hard life.

A God-loyal life keeps you on track; sin dumps the wicked in the ditch.

People ruin their lives by their own stupidity, so why does God always get blamed?

The wicked get buried alive by their loot because they refuse to use it to help others.

God guards knowledge with a passion, but he’ll have nothing to do with deception.

Walk straight—live well and be saved; a devious life is a doomed life.