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11:1  The Lord hates false scales, but he loves accurate weights.
11:2  Proud and boastful people will be shamed, but wisdom stays with those who are modest and humble.
11:3  Good people are guided by their honesty, but crooks who lie and cheat will ruin themselves.
11:4  Money is worthless when you face God’s punishment, but living right will save you from death.
11:5  Doing right makes life better for those who are good, but the wicked are destroyed by their own wicked ways.
11:6  Doing right sets honest people free, but people who can’t be trusted are trapped by their greed.
11:7  When the wicked die, all their hopes are lost; everything they thought they could do comes to nothing.
11:8  Good people escape from trouble, but the wicked come along and are trapped by it.
11:9  With their words hypocrites can destroy their neighbors. But with what they know, good people can escape.
11:10  When good people are successful, the whole city is happy, and they all shout with joy when evil people are destroyed.
11:11  Blessings from the honest people living in a city will make it great, but the things evil people say can destroy it.
11:12  Stupid people say bad things about their neighbors. Wise people know to be quiet.
11:13  People who tell secrets about others cannot be trusted. Those who can be trusted keep quiet.
11:14  A nation without wise leaders will fall. Many good advisors make a nation safe.
11:15  You will be sorry if you promise to pay a stranger’s debt. Refuse to make such promises and you will be safe.
11:16  A kind and gentle woman gains respect, but violent men gain only wealth.
11:17  People who are kind will be rewarded for their kindness, but cruel people will be rewarded with trouble.
11:18  The work of evil people is all lies, but those who do right will receive a good reward.
11:19  People who do what is right are on their way to life, but those who always want to do wrong are on their way to death.
11:20  The Lord hates those who love to do evil, but he is pleased with those who try to do right.
11:21  The truth is, evil people will be punished, and good people will be set free.
11:22  A beautiful woman without good sense is like a gold ring in a pig’s nose.
11:23  What good people want brings more good. What evil people want brings more trouble.
11:24  Some people give freely and gain more; others refuse to give and end up with less.
11:25  Give freely, and you will profit. Help others, and you will gain more for yourself.
11:26  People curse a greedy man who refuses to sell his grain, but they bless a man who sells his grain to feed others.
11:27  People are pleased with those who try to do good. Those who look for trouble will find it.
11:28  Those who trust in their riches will fall like dead leaves, but good people will blossom.
11:29  Those who cause trouble for their families will inherit nothing but the wind. A foolish person will end up as a servant to one who is wise.
11:30  What good people produce is like a life-giving tree. Those who are wise give new life to others.
11:31  If good people are rewarded here on earth, then surely those who do evil will also get what they deserve.