Proverbs 11:1-6

1 ¹A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, ²but a just weight is his delight.

2 ³When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with ⁴the humble is wisdom.

3 ⁵The integrity of the upright guides them, ⁶but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.

4 ⁷Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, ⁸but righteousness delivers from death.

5 The righteousness of the blameless ⁹keeps his way straight, but the wicked falls by his own wickedness.

6 ¹⁰The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the treacherous ¹¹are taken captive by their lust.

Cross References

• 1. Proverbs 16:11; Proverbs 20:10, 23; See Leviticus 19:35, 36
• 2. [Proverbs 12:22]
• 3. Proverbs 16:18; Proverbs 18:12; Proverbs 29:23; [Daniel 4:30, 31]
• 4. Micah 6:8
• 5. Proverbs 13:6
• 6. Proverbs 19:3
• 7. Zephaniah 1:18; See Proverbs 10:2
• 8. [Genesis 7:1]
• 9. Proverbs 3:6
• 10. [See ver. 4 above]
• 11. See Psalms 7:15, 16