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11:1  Balances of deceit [are] an abomination to Jehovah, And a perfect weight [is] His delight.
11:2  Pride hath come, and shame cometh, And with the lowly [is] wisdom.
11:3  The integrity of the upright leadeth them, And the perverseness of the treacherous destroyeth them.
11:4  Wealth profiteth not in a day of wrath, And righteousness delivereth from death.
11:5  The righteousness of the perfect maketh right his way, And by his wickedness doth the wicked fall.
11:6  The righteousness of the upright delivereth them, And in mischief the treacherous are captured.
11:7  In the death of a wicked man, hope perisheth, And the expectation of the iniquitous hath been lost.
11:8  The righteous from distress is drawn out, And the wicked goeth in instead of him.
11:9  With the mouth a hypocrite corrupteth his friend, And by knowledge the righteous are drawn out.
11:10  In the good of the righteous a city exulteth, And in the destruction of the wicked [is] singing.
11:11  By the blessing of the upright is a city exalted, And by the mouth of the wicked thrown down.
11:12  Whoso is despising his neighbour lacketh heart, And a man of understanding keepeth silence.
11:13  A busybody is revealing secret counsel, And the faithful of spirit is covering the matter.
11:14  Without counsels do a people fall, And deliverance [is] in a multitude of counsellors.
11:15  Evil [one] suffereth when he hath been surety [for] a stranger, And whoso is hating suretyship is confident.
11:16  A gracious woman retaineth honour, And terrible [men] retain riches.
11:17  A kind man is rewarding his own soul, And the fierce is troubling his own flesh.
11:18  The wicked is getting a lying wage, And whoso is sowing righteousness -- a true reward.
11:19  Rightly [is] righteousness for life, And whoso is pursuing evil -- for his own death.
11:20  An abomination to Jehovah [are] the perverse of heart, And the perfect of the way [are] His delight.
11:21  Hand to hand, the wicked is not acquitted, And the seed of the righteous hath escaped.
11:22  A ring of gold in the nose of a sow -- A fair woman and stubborn of behaviour.
11:23  The desire of the righteous [is] only good, The hope of the wicked [is] transgression.
11:24  There is who is scattering, and yet is increased, And who is keeping back from uprightness, only to want.
11:25  A liberal soul is made fat, And whoso is watering, he also is watered.
11:26  Whoso is withholding corn, the people execrate him, And a blessing [is] for the head of him who is selling.
11:27  Whoso is earnestly seeking good Seeketh a pleasing thing, And whoso is seeking evil -- it meeteth him.
11:28  Whoso is confident in his wealth he falleth, And as a leaf, the righteous flourish.
11:29  Whoso is troubling his own house inheriteth wind, And a servant [is] the fool to the wise of heart.
11:30  The fruit of the righteous [is] a tree of life, And whoso is taking souls [is] wise.
11:31  Lo, the righteous in the earth is recompensed, Surely also the wicked and the sinner!