A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.
pride
Proverbs 3:34,35 Surely he scorns the scorners: but he gives grace to the lowly…
Proverbs 16:18,19 Pride goes before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall…
Daniel 4:30-32 The king spoke, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have …
Luke 14:8-11 When you are bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the …
Luke 18:14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than …
but
Proverbs 15:33 The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honor is humility.
1 Corinthians 8:1,2 Now as touching things offered to idols, we know that we all have …
The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
riches
Proverbs 10:2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivers from death.
Job 36:18,19 Because there is wrath, beware lest he take you away with his stroke: …
Psalm 49:6-8 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude …
Ezekiel 7:19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed…
Zephaniah 1:18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them …
Matthew 16:26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and …
Luke 12:20 But God said to him, You fool, this night your soul shall be required …
Luke 12:28 If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and …
Genesis 7:1 And the LORD said to Noah, Come you and all your house into the ark; …
Romans 5:17 For if by one man's offense death reigned by one…
1 Timothy 4:8 For bodily exercise profits little: but godliness is profitable to …
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.
righteousness
Genesis 30:33 So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it …
Genesis 31:37 Whereas you have searched all my stuff, what have you found of all …
1 Samuel 12:3,4 Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before …
but
Proverbs 5:22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be …
1 Kings 2:32,33,44 And the LORD shall return his blood on his own head, who fell on …
Psalm 7:16 His mischief shall return on his own head, and his violent dealing …
Ecclesiastes 10:8 He that digs a pit shall fall into it; and whoever breaks an hedge, …
When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.
Proverbs 10:28 The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation …
Proverbs 14:32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous has …
Exodus 15:9,10 The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the …
Job 8:13,14 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope …
Job 11:20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, …
Psalm 146:4 His breath goes forth, he returns to his earth; in that very day …
Ezekiel 28:9 Will you yet say before him that slays you, I am God? but you shall …
Luke 12:19,20 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have much goods laid up for …
The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.
Proverbs 21:18 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor …
Esther 7:9,10 And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold …
Isaiah 43:3,4 For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior: …
Daniel 6:23,24 Then was the king exceedingly glad for him, and commanded that they …
An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.
an hypocrite or a wicked, profligate person, an infidel
1 Kings 13:18-22 He said to him, I am a prophet also as you are; and an angel spoke …
1 Kings 22:6,22-23 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four …
Job 8:13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:
Job 34:30 That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.
Psalm 55:12,20,21 For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it…
Matthew 7:15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, …
Matthew 15:5-14 But you say, Whoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is …
Acts 20:30 Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, …
2 Corinthians 11:13-15 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves …
2 Thessalonians 2:8-10 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume …
1 Timothy 4:1-3 Now the Spirit speaks expressly, that in the latter times some shall …
2 Peter 2:1-3 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there …
through
Proverbs 2:10-16 When wisdom enters into your heart, and knowledge is pleasant to your soul…
Proverbs 4:5,6 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from …
Proverbs 6:23,24 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs …
Matthew 13:14,22,23 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which said, By hearing …
Ephesians 4:13,14 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge …
2 Peter 3:16-18 As also in all his letters, speaking in them of these things; in …
1 John 2:21,27 I have not written to you because you know not the truth, but because …
When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.
By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
the blessing
Proverbs 14:34 Righteousness exalts a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
Proverbs 29:8 Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.
Genesis 41:38-42 And Pharaoh said to his servants, Can we find such a one as this …
Genesis 45:8 So now it was not you that sent me here, but God: and he has made …
2 Chronicles 32:20-22 And for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the …
Job 22:30 He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered …
Ecclesiastes 9:15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered …
it
2 Samuel 20:1 And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, …
Esther 3:8-15 And Haman said to king Ahasuerus…
Esther 9:1-16 Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth …
James 3:6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among …
He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.
that
Judges 9:27-29,38 And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, …
Nehemiah 4:2-4 And he spoke before his brothers and the army of Samaria, and said, …
Psalm 123:3,4 Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy on us: for we are exceedingly …
Luke 16:14 And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: …
Luke 18:9 And he spoke this parable to certain which trusted in themselves …
John 7:48-52 Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him…
void of wisdom
Proverbs 10:19 In the multitude of words there wants not sin: but he that refrains …
1 Samuel 10:27 But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And …
2 Kings 18:36 But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for …
1 Peter 2:23 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he …
A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.
Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellers there is safety.
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.
A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches.
gracious
Proverbs 31:30,31 Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that fears the …
1 Samuel 25:32,33 And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which …
2 Samuel 20:16-22 Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray …
Esther 9:25 But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that …
Matthew 26:13 Truly I say to you, Wherever this gospel shall be preached in the …
Luke 8:3 And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many …
Luke 10:42 But one thing is needful: and Mary has chosen that good part, which …
Luke 21:2-4 And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites…
Acts 9:39 Then Peter arose and went with them. When he was come, they brought …
Acts 16:14,15 And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city …
Romans 16:2-4,6 That you receive her in the Lord, as becomes saints, and that you …
2 John 1:1 The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the …
and
Luke 11:21,22 When a strong man armed keeps his palace, his goods are in peace…
The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.
merciful
Psalm 41:1-4 Blessed is he that considers the poor: the LORD will deliver him …
Psalm 112:4-9 To the upright there rises light in the darkness: he is gracious, …
Isaiah 32:7,8 The instruments also of the churl are evil: he devises wicked devices …
Isaiah 57:1 The righteous perishes, and no man lays it to heart: and merciful …
Isaiah 58:7-12 Is it not to deal your bread to the hungry, and that you bring the …
Daniel 4:27 Why, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your …
Matthew 5:7 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
Matthew 6:14,15 For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will …
Matthew 25:34-40 Then shall the King say to them on his right hand, Come, you blessed …
Luke 6:38 Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed down, and …
2 Corinthians 9:6-14 But this I say, He which sows sparingly shall reap also sparingly; …
Philippians 4:17 Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.
but
Proverbs 15:27 He that is greedy of gain troubles his own house; but he that hates …
Job 20:19-23 Because he has oppressed and has forsaken the poor; because he has …
Ecclesiastes 4:8 There is one alone, and there is not a second; yes, he has neither …
James 2:13 For he shall have judgment without mercy, that has showed no mercy; …
James 5:1-5 Go to now, you rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall …
The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.
righteousness
Proverbs 10:16 The labor of the righteous tends to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
Proverbs 12:28 In the way of righteousness is life: and in the pathway thereof there …
Proverbs 19:23 The fear of the LORD tends to life: and he that has it shall abide …
Acts 10:35 But in every nation he that fears him, and works righteousness, is …
1 John 3:7,10 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that does righteousness …
he
Proverbs 1:16-19 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood…
Proverbs 7:22,23 He goes after her straightway, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or …
Proverbs 8:36 But he that sins against me wrongs his own soul: all they that hate …
Romans 2:8,9 But to them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but …
They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.
Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.
The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
desire
Psalm 10:17 LORD, you have heard the desire of the humble: you will prepare their …
Psalm 27:4 One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that …
Psalm 37:4 Delight yourself also in the LORD: and he shall give you the desires …
Psalm 39:7,8 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in you…
Psalm 119:5,10 O that my ways were directed to keep your statutes!…
Isaiah 26:9 With my soul have I desired you in the night; yes, with my spirit …
Jeremiah 17:16 As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow you: …
Matthew 5:6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: …
expectation
Proverbs 11:7 When a wicked man dies, his expectation shall perish: and the hope …
Proverbs 10:28 The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation …
Romans 2:8,9 But to them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but …
Hebrews 10:27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, …
There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
that scattereth
Proverbs 11:18 The wicked works a deceitful work: but to him that sows righteousness …
Proverbs 19:17 He that has pity on the poor lends to the LORD; and that which he …
Proverbs 28:8 He that by usury and unjust gain increases his substance, he shall …
Deuteronomy 15:10 You shall surely give him, and your heart shall not be grieved when …
Psalm 112:9 He has dispersed, he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures …
Ecclesiastes 11:1,2,6 Cast your bread on the waters: for you shall find it after many days…
Luke 6:38 Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed down, and …
Acts 11:29,30 Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined …
2 Corinthians 9:5-11 Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brothers, that they …
but
Haggai 1:6,9-11 You have sown much, and bring in little; you eat, but you have not …
Haggai 2:16-19 Since those days were, when one came to an heap of twenty measures, …
The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.
He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.
He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.
that
Proverbs 10:15 The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the …
Deuteronomy 8:12-14 Lest when you have eaten and are full, and have built goodly houses, …
Job 31:24,25 If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, You are …
Psalm 52:7 See, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted …
Psalm 62:10 Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches …
Mark 10:24 And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answers …
Luke 12:20 But God said to him, You fool, this night your soul shall be required …
1 Timothy 6:17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high minded, …
but
Psalm 1:3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that …
Psalm 52:8 But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in …
Psalm 92:12-14 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like …
Isaiah 60:21 Your people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land …
Jeremiah 17:8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreads …
He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
that
Genesis 34:30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, You have troubled me to make me …
Joshua 7:24,25 And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, …
1 Samuel 25:3,17,38 Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: …
Habakkuk 2:9,10 Woe to him that covets an evil covetousness to his house, that he …
inherit
Ecclesiastes 5:16 And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall …
Hosea 8:7 For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it …
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.
fruit
Proverbs 3:18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold on her: and happy is …
Proverbs 15:4 A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is …
and
Daniel 12:3 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament…
Matthew 4:19 And he said to them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
John 4:36 And he that reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit to life eternal: …
1 Corinthians 9:19-23 For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant …
1 Thessalonians 2:19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even …
James 5:20 Let him know, that he which converts the sinner from the error of …
winneth
Luke 5:9,10 For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught …
Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.
2 Samuel 7:14,15 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, …
2 Samuel 12:9-12 Why have you despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in …
1 Kings 13:24 And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and …
Jeremiah 25:29 For, see, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my …
1 Corinthians 11:30-32 For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep…
1 Peter 4:17,18 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: …
