Proverbs 11:1-10

1 The LORD detests dishonest scales, but accurate weights find favor with him.
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.

Cross References 17

  • 1. S Leviticus 19:36; Deuteronomy 25:13-16; S Job 6:2; Proverbs 20:10,23
  • 2. Proverbs 16:11; Ezekiel 45:10
  • 3. Proverbs 16:18
  • 4. Proverbs 18:12; Proverbs 29:23
  • 5. ver 5; Proverbs 13:6
  • 6. Ezekiel 27:27
  • 7. S Job 20:20; S Ezekiel 7:19; Zephaniah 1:18
  • 8. Genesis 7:1; S Proverbs 10:2
  • 9. S 1 Kings 8:36
  • 10. S ver 3; Proverbs 5:21-23; Proverbs 13:6; Proverbs 21:7
  • 11. S Esther 7:9
  • 12. S Job 8:13
  • 13. S Proverbs 10:28
  • 14. Proverbs 21:18
  • 15. Proverbs 12:6; Jeremiah 45:5
  • 16. S 2 Kings 11:20; Proverbs 28:12
  • 17. S Esther 8:17

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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