Proverbs 11:1-11 ▼

1 Balances of deceit, an abomination of Jehovah: and a whole stone his delight.

2 Pride coming, and dishonor will come: and wisdom with the humble.

3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them: and the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.

4 Wealth will not profit in the day of wrath, and justice will deliver from death.

5 The justice of the blameless shall make straight his way, and in his injustice the unjust shall fall.

6 The justice of the upright shall deliver them, and transgressors shall be taken in their mischief.

7 In the death of an unjust man expectation shall perish: and the hope of the vain shall perish.

8 The just one was delivered from straits, and the unjust will come in his stead.

9 With the mouth the profane will destroy his neighbor: and by knowledge, shall the just one be delivered.

10 In the good of the just the city will exult: and in the perishing of the unjust it rejoiced.

11 By the blessing of the upright the city shall be exalted: and by the mouth of the unjust it shall be overthrown.