Proverbs 11:2-12

2 1When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with 2the humble is wisdom.
3 3The integrity of the upright guides them, 4but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.
4 5Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, 6but righteousness delivers from death.
5 The righteousness of the blameless 7keeps his way straight, but the wicked falls by his own wickedness.
6 8The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the treacherous 9are taken captive by their lust.
7 When the wicked dies, his 10hope will perish, and 11the expectation of wealth[a] perishes too.
8 12The righteous is delivered from trouble, and the wicked walks into it instead.
9 With his mouth the godless man would destroy his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.
10 13When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices, and when the wicked perish there are shouts of gladness.
11 By the blessing of the upright a city is exalted, but 14by the mouth of the wicked 15it is overthrown.
12 Whoever 16belittles his neighbor lacks sense, but a man of understanding remains silent.

Cross References 16

  • 1. Proverbs 16:18; Proverbs 18:12; Proverbs 29:23; [Daniel 4:30, 31]
  • 2. Micah 6:8
  • 3. Proverbs 13:6
  • 4. Proverbs 19:3
  • 5. Zephaniah 1:18; See Proverbs 10:2
  • 6. [Genesis 7:1]
  • 7. Proverbs 3:6
  • 8. [See ver. 4 above]
  • 9. See Psalms 7:15, 16
  • 10. Proverbs 10:28
  • 11. See Job 8:13, 14
  • 12. ver. 6; [Proverbs 21:18]
  • 13. [Proverbs 28:12; Esther 8:15]
  • 14. Psalms 10:7
  • 15. [Proverbs 14:1; Proverbs 29:8]
  • 16. Proverbs 14:21; [Matthew 7:1]

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Or of his strength, or of iniquity
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