Proverbs 11:3-13

3 ¹The integrity of the upright guides them, ²but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.

4 ³Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, ⁴but righteousness delivers from death.

5 The righteousness of the blameless ⁵keeps his way straight, but the wicked falls by his own wickedness.

6 ⁶The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the treacherous ⁷are taken captive by their lust.

7 When the wicked dies, his ⁸hope will perish, and ⁹the expectation of wealth^[a] perishes too.

8 ¹⁰The 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 ¹¹When 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 ¹²by the mouth of the wicked ¹³it is overthrown.

12 Whoever ¹⁴belittles his neighbor lacks sense, but a man of understanding remains silent.

13 Whoever ¹⁵goes about slandering reveals secrets, but he who is trustworthy in spirit keeps a thing covered.

Cross References

• 1. Proverbs 13:6
• 2. Proverbs 19:3
• 3. Zephaniah 1:18; See Proverbs 10:2
• 4. [Genesis 7:1]
• 5. Proverbs 3:6
• 6. [See ver. 4 above]
• 7. See Psalms 7:15, 16
• 8. Proverbs 10:28
• 9. See Job 8:13, 14
• 10. ver. 6; [Proverbs 21:18]
• 11. [Proverbs 28:12; Esther 8:15]
• 12. Psalms 10:7
• 13. [Proverbs 14:1; Proverbs 29:8]
• 14. Proverbs 14:21; [Matthew 7:1]
• 15. Proverbs 20:19; Leviticus 19:16

Footnotes

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