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Proverbs 11:1-6

1 A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; 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 guideth them; but the crookedness of the unfaithful destroyeth them.

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

4 Wealth profiteth 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 maketh plain his way; but the wicked falleth 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 delivereth them; but the treacherous are taken in their own craving.

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

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