Parallel Bible results for "Proverbs 11:1-7"

Proverbs 11:1-7

1 The LORD detests dishonest scales, but delights in an accurate weight.

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

2 When pride comes, so does shame, but wisdom brings humility.

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

3 Integrity guides the virtuous, but dishonesty ruins the treacherous.

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

4 Riches don't help in the day of wrath, but righteousness rescues from death.

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

5 The righteousness of the innocent makes their path straight, but the wicked fall in their wickedness.

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

6 Those who do right are saved by their righteousness, but the untrustworthy are caught by their own desires.

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

7 When the wicked die, their hope perishes. Yes, any hope based on money perishes.

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