1
Balances of deceit [are] an abomination to Jehovah, And a perfect weight [is] His delight.
2
Pride hath come, and shame cometh, And with the lowly [is] wisdom.
3
The integrity of the upright leadeth them, And the perverseness of the treacherous destroyeth them.
4
Wealth profiteth not in a day of wrath, And righteousness delivereth from death.
5
The righteousness of the perfect maketh right his way, And by his wickedness doth the wicked fall.
6
The righteousness of the upright delivereth them, And in mischief the treacherous are captured.
7
In the death of a wicked man, hope perisheth, And the expectation of the iniquitous hath been lost.
8
The righteous from distress is drawn out, And the wicked goeth in instead of him.
9
With the mouth a hypocrite corrupteth his friend, And by knowledge the righteous are drawn out.
10
In the good of the righteous a city exulteth, And in the destruction of the wicked [is] singing.
11
By the blessing of the upright is a city exalted, And by the mouth of the wicked thrown down.