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

Proverbs 11:1-7

1 The LORD hates it when people use scales to cheat others. But he is delighted when people use honest weights.

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

2 When pride comes, shame follows. But wisdom comes to those who are not proud.

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

3 Those who do what is right are guided by their honest lives. But those who aren't faithful are destroyed by their trickery.

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

4 Wealth isn't worth anything when God judges you. But doing what is right saves you from death.

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

5 The ways of honest people are made straight because they do what is right. But those who do what is wrong are brought down by their own sins.

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

6 Godly people are saved by doing what is right. But those who aren't faithful are trapped by evil longings.

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

7 When an evil man dies, his hope dies with him. Everything he expected to gain from his power will be lost.

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