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A false balance [is] abomination to the LORD: but a just weight [is] his delight.
2
[When] pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly [is] wisdom.
3
The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
4
Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
5
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
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The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in [their own] naughtiness.
7
When a wicked man dieth, [his] expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust [men] perisheth.
8
The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.
9
A hypocrite with [his] mouth destroyeth his neighbor: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.
10
When the righteous prosper, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, [there is] shouting.
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By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.