Proverbs 11:1-11 ▼

1 False scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an honest weight, his delight.

2 When pride comes, disgrace comes; but with the humble is wisdom.

3 The honesty of the upright guides them; the faithless are ruined by their duplicity.

4 Wealth is useless on a day of wrath, but justice saves from death.

5 The justice of the honest makes their way straight, but by their wickedness the wicked fall.

6 The justice of the upright saves them, but the faithless are caught in their own intrigue.

7 When a person dies, hope is destroyed; expectation pinned on wealth is destroyed.

8 The just are rescued from a tight spot, but the wicked fall into it instead.

9 By a word the impious ruin their neighbors, but through their knowledge the just are rescued.

10 When the just prosper, the city rejoices; when the wicked perish, there is jubilation.

11 Through the blessing of the upright the city is exalted, but through the mouth of the wicked it is overthrown.