Proverbs 11 — Legacy Standard Bible

11A ^adeceptive balance is an abomination to Yahweh,But a ^bjust weight is His delight.²When ^aarrogance comes, then comes disgrace,But with the meek is wisdom.³The ^aintegrity of the upright will lead them,But the ^bcrookedness of the treacherous will destroy them.⁴^aWealth will not profit in the day of wrath,But ^brighteousness will deliver from death.⁵The ^arighteousness of the blameless will make his way straight,But ^bthe wicked will fall by his own wickedness.⁶The righteousness of the upright will deliver them,But the treacherous will ^abe captured by their own desire.⁷When a wicked man dies, his ^ahope will perish,And the ^bexpectation of vigorous men perishes.⁸The righteous is rescued from ¹distress,But the wicked ²takes his place.⁹With his ^amouth the godless man corrupts his neighbor,But through knowledge the ^brighteous will be rescued.¹⁰When it ^agoes well with the righteous, the city exults,And when the wicked perish, there is joyful shouting.¹¹By the blessing of the upright a city is raised up,But by the mouth of the wicked it is torn down.¹²He who despises his neighbor lacks a heart of wisdom,But a man of discernment keeps silent.¹³He ^awho goes about as a slanderer reveals secrets,But he who is faithful in spirit ^bconceals a matter.¹⁴Where there is no ^aguidance the people fall,But in abundance of counselors there is salvation.¹⁵If one becomes a ^aguarantor for a stranger, he will surely suffer,But he who hates ¹striking hands in pledge is secure.¹⁶A ^agracious woman holds fast to glory,But ruthless men hold fast to riches.¹⁷The man of ^alovingkindness deals bountifully with his soul,But the cruel man brings trouble on his flesh.¹⁸The wicked earns deceptive wages,But he who ^asows righteousness gets a true reward.¹⁹He who is steadfast in ^arighteousness will attain to life,And ^bhe who pursues evil will bring about his own death.²⁰Those with a crooked heart are an abomination to Yahweh,But those of a ^ablameless way are His ^bdelight.²¹¹Assuredly, the evil man will not go unpunished,But the seed of the righteous will escape.²²As a ^aring of gold in a swine’s snoutSo is a beautiful woman who turns away from ¹discretion.²³The desire of the righteous is only good,But the ^ahope of the wicked is wrath.²⁴There is one who scatters, and yet increases all the more,And there is one who holds back what is rightly due, and yet results only in want.²⁵The soul ¹that ^ablesses will be ²enriched,And he who ^bwaters will himself be watered.²⁶He who withholds grain, the ^apeople will curse him,But ^bblessing will be on the head of him who ^csells it.²⁷He who earnestly seeks good seeks favor,But ^ahe who searches for evil, evil will come to him.²⁸He who ^atrusts in his riches will fall,But ^bthe righteous will flourish like the green leaf.²⁹He who ^atroubles his own house will ^binherit wind,And ^cthe ignorant fool will be a slave to the wise of heart.³⁰The fruit of the righteous is ^aa tree of life,And ^bhe who is wise ¹wins souls.³¹If ^athe righteous will be repaid in the earth,How much more the wicked and the sinner!