Proverbs 11:22-31

22 Like ¹a gold ring in a pig's snout is a beautiful woman without discretion.

23 The desire of the righteous ends only in good; ²the expectation of the wicked in wrath.

24 ³One gives ⁴freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.

25 ⁵Whoever brings blessing ⁶will be enriched, and ⁷one who waters will himself be watered.

26 ⁸The people curse him who holds back grain, but ⁹a blessing is on the head of him who ¹⁰sells it.

27 Whoever diligently seeks good seeks favor,^[a] but evil comes to ¹¹him who searches for it.

28 Whoever ¹²trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will ¹³flourish like a green leaf.

29 Whoever ¹⁴troubles his own household will ¹⁵inherit the wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.

30 The fruit of the righteous is ¹⁶a tree of life, and whoever ¹⁷captures souls is wise.

31 If ¹⁸the righteous is repaid on earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner!

Cross References

• 1. [Genesis 24:47; Isaiah 3:21; Ezekiel 16:12]
• 2. Romans 2:8, 9
• 3. Proverbs 13:7
• 4. Psalms 37:21; Psalms 112:9; [Proverbs 19:17]
• 5. See 2 Corinthians 9:6-11
• 6. Proverbs 13:4; Proverbs 28:25
• 7. [Matthew 7:2]
• 8. Proverbs 24:24
• 9. [Job 29:13]
• 10. [Genesis 42:6]
• 11. See Psalms 7:16
• 12. See Psalms 49:6
• 13. Jeremiah 17:8; See Psalms 92:12
• 14. Proverbs 15:27
• 15. [Ecclesiastes 5:16]
• 16. See Proverbs 3:18
• 17. Daniel 12:3; James 5:20; See 1 Corinthians 9:19-22
• 18. [Jeremiah 25:29; 1 Peter 4:18]

Footnotes

• [a]. Or acceptance