Proverbs 11:1-11 ▼

1 Scales of deceit are an abomination to YHWH, and a whole stone is His delight.

2 Pride has come, and shame also comes, and with the humble is wisdom.

3 The integrity of the upright ones guides them, and the perversity of the treacherous ones destroys them.

4 Wealth will not profit in the day of wrath, and righteousness delivers from death.

5 The righteousness of a blameless one makes his way straight, and in his wickedness a wicked one will fall.

6 The righteousness of the upright ones will deliver them, and by their own desires those acting treacherously are captured.

7 With the death of a wicked man, expectation perishes, and the hope of his vigor perishes.

8 A righteous one is drawn out from distress, and it comes to the wicked in his place.

9 With the mouth a godless one destroys his neighbor, and with knowledge righteous ones will be delivered.

10 In the good of the righteous ones a city rejoices, and in the destruction of wicked ones is a shout of joy.

11 By the blessing of the upright a city is lifted high, and by the mouth of the wicked ones it is torn down.