Proverbs 11:1-11 ▼

1 The LORD hates false scales, but he delights in accurate weights.

2 When pride appears, disgrace accompanies it, but humility is present with wisdom.

3 The integrity of the righteous guides them, but the hypocrisy of the treacherous destroys them.

4 Wealth won't help in the time of judgment, but righteousness will deliver from death.

5 The righteousness of the innocent creates a level path, but the wicked fall by their wickedness.

6 The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the treacherous are trapped by their evil desires.

7 When a wicked person dies, his hope vanishes; and what he expected from his scheming comes to nothing.

8 The righteous person is delivered from trouble; it comes upon the wicked instead.

9 By what he says, the godless person can destroy his neighbor, but through knowledge the righteous escape.

10 The city rejoices when the righteous prosper, and when the wicked perish there is jubilation.

11 Through the blessing of the righteous a city is built up, but what the wicked say tears it down.