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11:1  A false balance is abomination to the Lord, but a just weight is His delight.
11:2  When pride comes, then comes shame; but with the humble is wisdom.
11:3  The integrity of the upright will guide them, but the perverseness of transgressors will destroy them.
11:4  Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
11:5  The righteousness of the upright will direct his way, but the wicked will fall by his own wickedness.
11:6  The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, but transgressors will be taken by their schemes.
11:7  When a wicked man dies, his expectation will perish, and the hope of unjust men perishes.
11:8  The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked comes in his place.
11:9  A hypocrite with his mouth destroys his neighbor, but through knowledge the just will be delivered.
11:10  When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices; and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.
11:11  By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted, but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
11:12  He who is void of wisdom despises his neighbor, but a man of understanding holds his peace.
11:13  A talebearer reveals secrets, but he who is of a faithful spirit conceals the matter.
11:14  Where there is no counsel, the people fall; but in the multitude of counselors there is safety.
11:15  He who puts up a pledge for a stranger will suffer for it, and he who hates being a pledge is secure.
11:16  A gracious woman retains honor, but ruthless men retain riches.
11:17  The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own body.
11:18  The wicked works a deceitful work, but to him who sows righteousness will be a sure reward.
11:19  As righteousness tends to life, so he who pursues evil pursues it to his own death.
11:20  Those who are of a perverse heart are abomination to the Lord, but such as are upright in their way are His delight.
11:21  Though be assured, the wicked will not be unpunished, but the posterity of the righteous will be delivered.
11:22  As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman who is without discretion.
11:23  The desire of the righteous is only good, but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
11:24  There is one who scatters, yet increases; and there is one who withholds more than is right, but it leads to poverty.
11:25  The generous soul will be made rich, and he who waters will be watered also himself.
11:26  The people will curse him who withholds grain, but blessing will be upon the head of him who sells it.
11:27  He who diligently seeks good procures favor, but he who seeks mischief, it will come to him.
11:28  He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish as a branch.
11:29  He who troubles his own house will inherit the wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.
11:30  The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.
11:31  If the righteous will be recompensed in the earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner.