Proverbs 11

1: False scales are an abomination to the Lord, but a full weight is 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 the day of wrath, but virtue saves from death.

5: The honest man's virtue makes his way straight, but by his wickedness, the wicked man falls.

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

7: When a wicked man dies his hope perishes, and what is expected from strength comes to nought.

8: The just man escapes trouble, and the wicked man falls into it in his stead.

9: With his mouth the impious man would ruin his neighbor, but through their knowledge the just make their escape.

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

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30: The fruit of virtue is a tree of life, but violence takes lives away.