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Scales of deceit are hated by the Lord, but a true weight is his delight.
2
When pride comes, there comes shame, but wisdom is with the quiet in spirit.
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The righteousness of the upright will be their guide, but the twisted ways of the false will be their destruction.
4
Wealth is of no profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness keeps a man safe from death.
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The righteousness of the good man will make his way straight, but the sin of the evil-doer will be the cause of his fall.
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The righteousness of the upright will be their salvation, but the false will themselves be taken in their evil designs.
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At the death of an upright man his hope does not come to an end, but the hope of the evil-doer comes to destruction.
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The upright man is taken out of trouble, and in his place comes the sinner.
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With his mouth the evil man sends destruction on his neighbour; but through knowledge the upright are taken out of trouble.