Proverbs 11:20-30

20 Those with twisted minds are detestable to the Lord, but those with blameless conduct are His delight.^[a]

21 Be assured^[b] that the wicked will not go unpunished,^[c] but the offspring of the righteous will escape.

22 A beautiful woman who rejects good sense is like a gold ring in a pig's snout.

23 The desire of the righteous [turns out] well,^[d] but the hope of the wicked [leads to] wrath.^[e]

24 One person gives freely, yet gains more;^[f] another withholds what is right, only to become poor.^[g]

25 A generous person will be enriched, and the one who gives a drink of water will receive water.^[h]

26 People will curse anyone who hoards grain, but a blessing will come to the one who sells it.

27 The one who searches for what is good^[i] finds favor, but if someone looks for trouble, it will come to him.

28 Anyone trusting in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like foliage.^[j]

29 The one who brings ruin on his household will inherit the wind, and a fool will be a slave to someone whose heart is wise.

30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, but violence^[k] takes lives.^[l]

Footnotes

• [a] Pr 3:32; 12:22; 15:8-9,26
• [b] Lit Hand to hand
• [c] Pr 16:5
• [d] Pr 10:24; Ps 37:4-5; Jr 29:11
• [e] Pr 10:28; 11:7
• [f] Pr 11:25; 21:26; Ps 112:9
• [g] Pr 13:7; 22:16; 28:27
• [h] Pr 3:9-10; Mt 10:42
• [i] Php 4:8
• [j] Pr 11:4; 14:11
• [k] LXX, Syr; MT reads but a wise one
• [l] Pr 13:2; 15:4