1
A deceitful balance is an abomination before the Lord: and a just weight is his will.
2
Where pride is, there also shall be reproach: but where humility is, there also is wisdom.
3
The simplicity of the just shall guide them: and the deceitfulness of the wicked shall destroy them.
4
Riches shall not profit in the day of revenge: but justice shall deliver from death.
5
The justice of the upright shall make his way prosperous: and the wicked man shall fall by his own wickedness.
6
The justice of the righteous shall deliver them: and the unjust shall be caught in their own snares.
7
When the wicked man is dead, there shall be no hope any more: and the expectation of the solicitous shall perish.
8
The just is delivered out of distress: and the wicked shall be given up for him.
9
The dissembler with his mouth deceiveth his friend: but the just shall be delivered by knowledge.
10
When it goeth well with the just, the city shall rejoice: and when the wicked perish, there shall be praise.
11
By the blessing of the just the city shall be exalted: and by the mouth of the wicked it shall be overthrown.