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The Lord hates people who use dishonest scales. He is happy with honest weights.
2
People who are proud will soon be disgraced. It is wiser to be modest.
3
If you are good, you are guided by honesty. People who can't be trusted are destroyed by their own dishonesty.
4
Riches will do you no good on the day you face death, but honesty can save your life.
5
Honesty makes a good person's life easier, but the wicked will cause their own downfall.
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Righteousness rescues those who are honest, but those who can't be trusted are trapped by their own greed.
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When the wicked die, their hope dies with them. Confidence placed in riches comes to nothing.
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The righteous are protected from trouble; it comes to the wicked instead.
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You can be ruined by the talk of godless people, but the wisdom of the righteous can save you.
10
A city is happy when honest people have good fortune, and there are joyful shouts when the wicked die.
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A city becomes great when the righteous give it their blessing; but a city is brought to ruin by the words of the wicked.