LITV - Proverbs - 11

11:1  False balances are hateful to Jehovah, but a perfect stone His delight.

11:2  Pride comes, then shame comes, but with the lowly is wisdom.

11:3  The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of traitors will devastate them.

11:4  Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

11:5  The righteousness of the perfect shall make his way right, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

11:6  The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but traitors shall be taken in their lust.

11:7  In the death of a wicked man, his expectation shall perish, and the hope of the unjust shall be lost.

11:8  The righteous is delivered from distress, and the wicked comes in his place.

11:9  The ungodly is corrupting his neighbor with his mouth, but the just is delivered by knowledge.

11:10  When the righteous prospers, the city rejoices; and at the wicked's perishing is singing.

11:11  A city is lifted up by the blessing of the upright, but by the wicked's mouth it is overthrown.

11:12  One despising his friend lacks heart, but an understanding man remains silent.

11:13  One going with slander is a revealer of secrets, but the faithful of spirit keeps a matter hidden.

11:14  Without guidance the people fall, but safety is in a great counselor.

11:15  One suffers evil when he is surety for a stranger, but one hating strikers of hands is safe.

11:16  A gracious woman holds to honor, and terrifying men hold to riches.

11:17  A merciful man does good to his own soul, but the cruel troubles his own flesh.

11:18  The wicked makes a deceitful wage, but one sowing righteousness has a reward of truth.

11:19  So righteousness leads to life, but one pursuing evil, to his death.

11:20  Hateful to Jehovah are the perverse hearted, but His delight is the upright in way.

11:21  Though hand join to hand, the evil shall not be innocent, but the righteous seed escapes.

11:22  As a ring of gold in a swine's snout, so is a woman who is beautiful, yet turning aside discretion.

11:23  The desire of the righteous is only good, the hope of the wicked is wrath.

11:24  There is one who scatters yet increases more; but a withholder of just due comes only to poverty.

11:25  The blessed soul will be made fat; he who waters will also drink fully.

11:26  One holding back grain, the people curse him; but a blessing is to the head of one selling grain.

11:27  He who early is seeking good seeks favor; but one pursuing evil, it shall come to him.

11:28  One trusting in his riches, he shall fall; but like a green leaf the righteous shall sprout.

11:29  One troubling his house inherits the wind; and the fool is servant to the wise of heart.

11:30  The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he who takes souls is wise.

11:31  Behold, the righteous shall be rewarded in the earth; much more the wicked and the sinner.