Proverbs 11:1-11 ▼

1 The LORD abhors dishonest scales, but an accurate weight is his delight.

2 When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.

3 The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the unfaithful destroys them.

4 Wealth does not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from mortal danger.

5 The righteousness of the blameless will make straight their way, but the wicked person will fall by his own wickedness.

6 The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, but the faithless will be captured by their own desires.

7 When a wicked person dies, his expectation perishes, and the hope of his strength perishes.

8 The righteous person is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked turns up in his stead.

9 With his speech the godless person destroys his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous will be delivered.

10 When the righteous do well, the city rejoices; when the wicked perish, there is joy.

11 A city is exalted by the blessing provided from the upright, but it is destroyed by the counsel of the wicked.