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Proverbs 11:1-7

1 False scales are an abomination to ADONAI, but accurate weights please him.

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

2 First comes pride, then disgrace; but with the humble is wisdom.

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

3 The integrity of the upright guides them, but the duplicity of the treacherous destroys them.

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

4 On the day of wrath, wealth doesn't help; 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 levels their way, but wickedness of the wicked makes them fall.

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 rescues them, but the treacherous are trapped by their own intrigues.

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

7 When a wicked man dies, his hope perishes; what he hopes for from evil comes to nothing.

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