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Proverbs 11:1-7

1 Dishonest scales are disgusting to the LORD, but accurate weights are pleasing to him.

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

2 Arrogance comes, then comes shame, but wisdom remains with humble people.

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

3 Integrity guides decent people, but hypocrisy leads treacherous people to ruin.

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

4 Riches are of no help on the day of fury, but righteousness saves from death.

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

5 The righteousness of innocent people makes their road smooth, but wicked people fall by their own wickedness.

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

6 Decent people are saved by their righteousness, but treacherous people are trapped by their own greed.

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

7 At the death of a wicked person, hope vanishes. Moreover, his confidence in strength vanishes.

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