Proverbs 11:2-12

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.
11 Through the blessing of the upright a city is exalted, but by the mouth of the wicked it is destroyed.
12 Whoever derides their neighbor has no sense, but the one who has understanding holds their tongue.

Cross References 19

  • 1. Proverbs 16:18
  • 2. Proverbs 18:12; Proverbs 29:23
  • 3. ver 5; Proverbs 13:6
  • 4. Ezekiel 27:27
  • 5. S Job 20:20; S Ezekiel 7:19; Zephaniah 1:18
  • 6. Genesis 7:1; S Proverbs 10:2
  • 7. S 1 Kings 8:36
  • 8. S ver 3; Proverbs 5:21-23; Proverbs 13:6; Proverbs 21:7
  • 9. S Esther 7:9
  • 10. S Job 8:13
  • 11. S Proverbs 10:28
  • 12. Proverbs 21:18
  • 13. Proverbs 12:6; Jeremiah 45:5
  • 14. S 2 Kings 11:20; Proverbs 28:12
  • 15. S Esther 8:17
  • 16. Proverbs 14:34
  • 17. Proverbs 29:8
  • 18. Proverbs 14:21
  • 19. S Job 6:24

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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