Proverbs 11:1-11 ▼

1 A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is his delight.

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

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

4 Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

5 The righteousness of the blameless keeps their ways straight, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.

6 The righteousness of the upright saves them, but the treacherous are taken captive by their schemes.

7 When the wicked die, their hope perishes, and the expectation of the godless comes to nothing.

8 The righteous are delivered from trouble, and the wicked get into it instead.

9 With their mouths the godless would destroy their neighbors, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.

10 When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices; and when the wicked perish, there is jubilation.

11 By the blessing of the upright a city is exalted, but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.