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11:1  The Lord hates a false weight, but a true weight is His joy.
11:2  When pride comes, then comes shame, but wisdom is with those who have no pride.
11:3  The honor of good people will lead them, but those who hurt others will be destroyed by their own false ways.
11:4  Riches are of no use in the day of God’s anger, but being right with God saves from death.
11:5  Those right with God, who are without blame, make a straight way for themselves, but the sinful will fall by their own wrong-doing.
11:6  Being right with God will save the honest man, but those who hurt others will be trapped by their wrong desires.
11:7  When a sinful man dies, his hope dies with him, and all his power comes to nothing.
11:8  The one who is right with God is kept from trouble, but the sinful get into trouble instead.
11:9  The sinful man destroys his neighbor with his mouth, but those who are fair will be saved through knowing God.
11:10  The city is glad when everything goes well with those who are right with God, and there are shouts of joy when the sinful are destroyed.
11:11  A city is honored by the good things that come to the faithful, but it is torn down by the mouth of the sinful.
11:12  He who hates his neighbor does not think well, but a man of understanding keeps quiet.
11:13  He who is always telling stories makes secrets known, but he who can be trusted keeps a thing hidden.
11:14  A nation falls where there is no wise leading, but it is safe where there are many wise men who know what to do.
11:15  He who puts himself as trust for what a stranger owes to another will suffer for it, but he who hates to be trusted for what another owes is safe.
11:16  A kind woman gets honor, and bad men get riches.
11:17  The man who shows loving-kindness does himself good, but the man without pity hurts himself.
11:18  The sinful man earns false pay, but he who spreads what is right and good gets pay that is sure.
11:19  He who will not be moved from being right with God will live, but he who goes for what is bad will bring about his own death.
11:20  The Lord hates those who are sinful in heart, but those who walk without blame are His joy.
11:21  Know for sure that the sinful man will not go without being punished, but the children of those who are right with God will be saved.
11:22  A beautiful woman who does not think well is like a gold ring in the nose of a pig.
11:23  The desire of those who are right with God is only good, but the hope of the sinful is anger.
11:24  There is one who is free in giving, and yet he grows richer. And there is one who keeps what he should give, but he ends up needing more.
11:25  The man who gives much will have much, and he who helps others will be helped himself.
11:26  The people curse him who keeps grain for himself, but good comes to him who sells it.
11:27  He who looks for good finds favor, but he who looks for wrong-doing will have bad come to him.
11:28  He who trusts in his riches will fall, but those who are right with God will grow like a green leaf.
11:29  He who troubles his own house will be given the wind, and the foolish will serve those with a wise heart.
11:30  The fruit of those who are right with God is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.
11:31  If those who are right with God will be paid on earth, how much more the sinful and the wrong-doer!