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

Proverbs 11:1-7

1 Dishonest scales are detestable to the Lord, but an accurate weight is His delight.

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

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

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

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

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

4 Wealth is not profitable on a 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 blameless clears his path, but the wicked person will fall because of his 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 rescues them, but the treacherous are trapped by their own desires.

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

7 When the wicked dies, his expectation comes to nothing, and hope placed in wealth vanishes.

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