Proverbs 11:2-22

2 When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.
3 The integrity of the upright guides them, but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity.
4 Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
5 The righteousness of the blameless makes their paths straight, but the wicked are brought down by their own wickedness.
6 The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the unfaithful are trapped by evil desires.
7 Hopes placed in mortals die with them; all the promise of[a] their power comes to nothing.
8 The righteous person is rescued from trouble, and it falls on the wicked instead.
9 With their mouths the godless destroy their neighbors, but through knowledge the righteous escape.
10 When the righteous prosper, the city rejoices; when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.
11 Through the blessing of the upright a city is exalted, but by the mouth of the wicked it is destroyed.
12 Whoever derides their neighbor has no sense, but the one who has understanding holds their tongue.
13 A gossip betrays a confidence, but a trustworthy person keeps a secret.
14 For lack of guidance a nation falls, but victory is won through many advisers.
15 Whoever puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer, but whoever refuses to shake hands in pledge is safe.
16 A kindhearted woman gains honor, but ruthless men gain only wealth.
17 Those who are kind benefit themselves, but the cruel bring ruin on themselves.
18 A wicked person earns deceptive wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.
19 Truly the righteous attain life, but whoever pursues evil finds death.
20 The LORD detests those whose hearts are perverse, but he delights in those whose ways are blameless.
21 Be sure of this: The wicked will not go unpunished, but those who are righteous will go free.
22 Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who shows no discretion.

Cross References 33

  • 1. Proverbs 16:18
  • 2. Proverbs 18:12; Proverbs 29:23
  • 3. ver 5; Proverbs 13:6
  • 4. Ezekiel 27:27
  • 5. S Job 20:20; S Ezekiel 7:19; Zephaniah 1:18
  • 6. Genesis 7:1; S Proverbs 10:2
  • 7. S 1 Kings 8:36
  • 8. S ver 3; Proverbs 5:21-23; Proverbs 13:6; Proverbs 21:7
  • 9. S Esther 7:9
  • 10. S Job 8:13
  • 11. S Proverbs 10:28
  • 12. Proverbs 21:18
  • 13. Proverbs 12:6; Jeremiah 45:5
  • 14. S 2 Kings 11:20; Proverbs 28:12
  • 15. S Esther 8:17
  • 16. Proverbs 14:34
  • 17. Proverbs 29:8
  • 18. Proverbs 14:21
  • 19. S Job 6:24
  • 20. Leviticus 19:16; Proverbs 20:19; 1 Timothy 5:13
  • 21. S Proverbs 10:14
  • 22. Proverbs 20:18
  • 23. S 2 Samuel 15:34; Proverbs 15:22; Proverbs 24:6
  • 24. S Proverbs 6:1
  • 25. Proverbs 17:18; Proverbs 22:26-27
  • 26. Proverbs 31:31
  • 27. S Exodus 1:20; S Job 4:8; Hosea 10:12-13
  • 28. S Deuteronomy 30:15; S Proverbs 10:2
  • 29. 1 Samuel 2:6; Psalms 89:48; Proverbs 1:18-19; Ecclesiastes 7:2; Jeremiah 43:11
  • 30. Proverbs 3:32
  • 31. S Numbers 14:8
  • 32. S 1 Chronicles 29:17; S Psalms 15:2; Psalms 101:1-4; S Psalms 119:1; Proverbs 12:2,22; Proverbs 15:9
  • 33. Proverbs 16:5

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Two Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts, Vulgate, Syriac and Targum "When the wicked die, their hope perishes;" / "all they expected from"
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