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Proverbs 11:1-7

1 A false balance [is] abomination to the LORD: but a just weight [is] his delight.

1 The LORD detests dishonest scales, but accurate weights find favor with him.

2 [When] pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly [is] wisdom.

2 When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.

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

3 The integrity of the upright guides them, but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity.

4 Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.

4 Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

5 The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

5 The righteousness of the blameless makes their paths straight, but the wicked are brought down by their own wickedness.

6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in [their own] naughtiness.

6 The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the unfaithful are trapped by evil desires.

7 When a wicked man dieth, [his] expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust [men] perisheth.

7 Hopes placed in mortals die with them; all the promise of their power comes to nothing.

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