Proverbs 11:1-9

1 A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; but a just weight is his delight.

2 [When] pride cometh, then cometh shame; but with the lowly is wisdom.

3 The integrity of the upright guideth them; but the crookedness of the unfaithful destroyeth them.

4 Wealth profiteth not in the day of wrath; but righteousness delivereth from death.

5 The righteousness of the perfect maketh plain his way; but the wicked falleth by his own wickedness.

6 The righteousness of the upright delivereth them; but the treacherous are taken in their own craving.

7 When a wicked man dieth, [his] expectation shall perish; and the hope of evil [men] perisheth.

8 The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.

9 With his mouth a hypocrite destroyeth his neighbour; but through knowledge are the righteous delivered.

Footnotes

• [a]. Or 'perfect:' lit. 'whole,' 'full.'
• [b]. Or 'modest:' see 'humbly,' Mic. 6.8.
• [c]. Or 'treacherous,' as ver. 6: see ch. 2.22.
• [d]. Or 'an impious man.'
• [e]. Or 'friend,' as often: so ver. 12.