Proverbs 11:1-11 ▼

1 False balances are an abomination vnto the Lord: but a perfite weight pleaseth him.

2 When pride commeth, then commeth shame: but with the lowly is wisdome.

3 The vprightnes of the iust shal guide them: but the frowardnes of the transgressers shall destroy them.

4 Riches auaile not in the day of wrath: but righteousnes deliuereth from death.

5 The righteousnes of the vpright shal direct his way: but the wicked shall fall in his owne wickednes.

6 The righteousnesse of the iust shall deliuer them: but the transgressers shall be taken in their owne wickednes.

7 When a wicked man dieth, his hope perisheth, and the hope of the vniust shall perish.

8 The righteous escapeth out of trouble, and the wicked shall come in his steade.

9 An hypocrite with his mouth hurteth his neighbour: but the righteous shall be deliuered by knowledge.

10 In the prosperitie of the righteous the citie reioyceth, and when the wicked perish, there is ioye.

11 By the blessing of the righteous, the citie is exalted: but it is subuerted by the mouth of the wicked.