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| 11:1 |
A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is his delight.
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| 11:2 |
When pride comes, then comes disgrace; but wisdom is with the humble.
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| 11:3 |
The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.
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| 11:4 |
Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
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| 11:5 |
The righteousness of the blameless keeps their ways straight, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.
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| 11:6 |
The righteousness of the upright saves them, but the treacherous are taken captive by their schemes.
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| 11:7 |
When the wicked die, their hope perishes, and the expectation of the godless comes to nothing.
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| 11:8 |
The righteous are delivered from trouble, and the wicked get into it instead.
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| 11:9 |
With their mouths the godless would destroy their neighbors, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.
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| 11:10 |
When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices; and when the wicked perish, there is jubilation.
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| 11:11 |
By the blessing of the upright a city is exalted, but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
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| 11:12 |
Whoever belittles another lacks sense, but an intelligent person remains silent.
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| 11:13 |
A gossip goes about telling secrets, but one who is trustworthy in spirit keeps a confidence.
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| 11:14 |
Where there is no guidance, a nation falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.
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| 11:15 |
To guarantee loans for a stranger brings trouble, but there is safety in refusing to do so.
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| 11:16 |
A gracious woman gets honor, but she who hates virtue is covered with shame. The timid become destitute, but the aggressive gain riches.
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| 11:17 |
Those who are kind reward themselves, but the cruel do themselves harm.
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| 11:18 |
The wicked earn no real gain, but those who sow righteousness get a true reward.
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| 11:19 |
Whoever is steadfast in righteousness will live, but whoever pursues evil will die.
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| 11:20 |
Crooked minds are an abomination to the LORD, but those of blameless ways are his delight.
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| 11:21 |
Be assured, the wicked will not go unpunished, but those who are righteous will escape.
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| 11:22 |
Like a gold ring in a pig's snout is a beautiful woman without good sense.
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| 11:23 |
The desire of the righteous ends only in good; the expectation of the wicked in wrath.
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| 11:24 |
Some give freely, yet grow all the richer; others withhold what is due, and only suffer want.
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| 11:25 |
A generous person will be enriched, and one who gives water will get water.
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| 11:26 |
The people curse those who hold back grain, but a blessing is on the head of those who sell it.
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| 11:27 |
Whoever diligently seeks good seeks favor, but evil comes to the one who searches for it.
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| 11:28 |
Those who trust in their riches will wither, but the righteous will flourish like green leaves.
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| 11:29 |
Those who trouble their households will inherit wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise.
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| 11:30 |
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, but violence takes lives away.
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| 11:31 |
If the righteous are repaid on earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner!
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