Proverbs 11 - The Scriptures 2009

¹ A false scale is an abomination to יהוה, But a perfect weight is His delight.

² Pride comes, then comes shame; But with the humble is wisdom.

³ The integrity of the straight ones guides them, But the slipperiness of the treacherous destroys them.

⁴ Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, But righteousness delivers from death.

⁵ The righteousness of the perfect Makes his way straight, But by his own wrongness the wrong one falls.

⁶ The righteousness of the straight ones delivers them, But the treacherous are caught by greed.

⁷ When a wrong man dies, expectancy perishes, And the ambition of the wicked shall be lost.

⁸ The righteous is delivered from distress, And the wrong one takes his place.

⁹ The defiled one destroys his neighbour with his mouth, But the righteous is delivered by knowledge.

¹⁰ When the righteous prosper, the city rejoices. And when the wrong perish, there is shouting.

¹¹ By the blessing of the straight the city is exalted, But by the mouth of the wrong it is overthrown.

¹² He who lacks heart despises his neighbour, But a man of understanding keeps silence.

¹³ A slanderer is a revealer of secrets, But one with a trustworthy spirit conceals a matter.

¹⁴ Without guidance the people fall, But in a great counsellor there is safety.

¹⁵ He who is guarantor for a stranger suffers harm, But one who hates shaking hands in pledge is safe.

¹⁶ A woman showing favour obtains esteem, But ruthless men obtain riches.

¹⁷ A lovingly-commited man is rewarding his being, But he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.

¹⁸ The wrong one earns false wages, But the one sowing righteousness, a true reward.

¹⁹ Thus righteousness leads to life, And one pursuing evil, to his own death.

²⁰ The perverse of heart are an abomination to יהוה, But the perfect in the Way are His delight.

²¹ Hand to hand, the evil one does not go unpunished, But the seed of the righteous shall escape.

²² Like a ring of gold in a pig’s snout, Is a beautiful woman who lacks good sense.

²³ The desire of the righteous is only good, The expectancy of the wrong is wrath.

²⁴ There is one who scatters, yet increases more. And one who withholds more than is right, But it comes to poverty.

²⁵ The generous being is enriched, And he who waters is also watered himself.

²⁶ The people curse him who withholds grain, But blessing is on the head of him who sells it.

²⁷ He who earnestly seeks good, Seeks what is pleasing; But to him who seeks evil, It comes to him.

²⁸ He who trusts in his riches falls, But the righteous flourish like a leaf.

²⁹ He who troubles his own house inherits wind, And the fool is servant to the wise of heart.

³⁰ The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, And he who is winning lives is wise.

³¹ See, the righteous in the earth shall be rewarded, How much more the wrong and the sinner!