Proverbs 11:5-15

5 Righteousness traces out blameless paths: but ungodliness encounters unjust dealing.

6 The righteousness of upright men delivers them: but transgressors are caught in their own destruction.

7 At the death of a just man his hope does not perish: but the boast of the ungodly perishes.

8 A righteous man escapes from a snare, and the ungodly man is delivered up in his place.

9 In the mouth of ungodly men is a snare to citizens: but the understanding of righteous men is prosperous.

10 In the prosperity of righteous men a city prospers: but by the mouth of ungodly men it is overthrown.

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12 A man void of understanding sneers at citizens: but a sensible man is quiet.

13 A double-tongued man discloses the counsels of an assembly: but he that is faithful in spirit conceals matters.

14 They that have no guidance fall like leaves: but in much counsel there is safety.

15 A bad man does harm wherever he meets a just man: and he hates the sound of safety.

Footnotes

• [a]. Gr. right divides.
• [b]. See Appendix which gives the Alexandrine text as: “[note - Part of verse 10.]— but at the destruction of the wicked there is exultation.”
• [c]. there is no verse 11, but the Alexandrine text reads.
• [d]. See chap 20.27.
• [e]. Or, governance.