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11:1  The Lord hates people who use dishonest scales. He is happy with honest weights.
11:2  People who are proud will soon be disgraced. It is wiser to be modest.
11:3  If you are good, you are guided by honesty. People who can't be trusted are destroyed by their own dishonesty.
11:4  Riches will do you no good on the day you face death, but honesty can save your life.
11:5  Honesty makes a good person's life easier, but the wicked will cause their own downfall.
11:6  Righteousness rescues those who are honest, but those who can't be trusted are trapped by their own greed.
11:7  When the wicked die, their hope dies with them. Confidence placed in riches comes to nothing.
11:8  The righteous are protected from trouble; it comes to the wicked instead.
11:9  You can be ruined by the talk of godless people, but the wisdom of the righteous can save you.
11:10  A city is happy when honest people have good fortune, and there are joyful shouts when the wicked die.
11:11  A city becomes great when the righteous give it their blessing; but a city is brought to ruin by the words of the wicked.
11:12  It is foolish to speak scornfully of others. If you are smart, you will keep quiet.
11:13  No one who gossips can be trusted with a secret, but you can put confidence in someone who is trustworthy.
11:14  A nation will fall if it has no guidance. Many advisers mean security.
11:15  If you promise to pay a stranger's debt, you will regret it. You are better off if you don't get involved.
11:16  A gracious woman is respected, but a woman without virtue is a disgrace. Lazy people will never have money, but aggressive people will get rich.
11:17  You do yourself a favor when you are kind. If you are cruel, you only hurt yourself.
11:18  Wicked people do not really gain anything, but if you do what is right, you are certain to be rewarded.
11:19  Anyone who is determined to do right will live, but anyone who insists on doing wrong will die.
11:20  The Lord hates evil-minded people, but loves those who do right.
11:21  You can be sure that evil people will be punished, but the righteous will escape.
11:22  Beauty in a woman without good judgment is like a gold ring in a pig's snout.
11:23  What good people want always results in good; when the wicked get what they want, everyone is angry.
11:24  Some people spend their money freely and still grow richer. Others are cautious, and yet grow poorer.
11:25  Be generous, and you will be prosperous. Help others, and you will be helped.
11:26  People curse someone who hoards grain, waiting for a higher price, but they praise the one who puts it up for sale.
11:27  If your goals are good, you will be respected, but if you are looking for trouble, that is what you will get.
11:28  Those who depend on their wealth will fall like the leaves of autumn, but the righteous will prosper like the leaves of summer.
11:29  Those who bring trouble on their families will have nothing at the end. Foolish people will always be servants to the wise.
11:30  Righteousness gives life, but violence takes it away.
11:31  Those who are good are rewarded here on earth, so you can be sure that wicked and sinful people will be punished.