📖 Proverbs 11
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The LORD abhors dishonest scales, but an accurate weight is his delight.
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After pride came, disgrace followed; but wisdom came with humility.
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The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.
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Wealth does not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
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The righteousness of the blameless will make their way smooth, but the wicked will fall through their own wickedness.
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The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, but the treacherous will be ensnared by their own desires.
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When a wicked person dies, his expectation perishes, and hope based on power has perished.
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A righteous person was delivered out of trouble, then a wicked person took his place.
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With his speech the godless person destroys his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous will be delivered.
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10
When the righteous do well, the city rejoices; when the wicked perish, there is joy.
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A city is exalted by the blessing provided from the upright, but it is destroyed by the counsel of the wicked.
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12
The one who denounces his neighbor lacks sense, but a discerning person keeps silent.
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The one who goes about slandering others reveals secrets, but the one who is trustworthy conceals a matter.
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14
When there is no guidance a nation falls, but there is success in the abundance of counselors.
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The one who has put up security for a stranger will surely have trouble, but whoever avoids shaking hands is secure.
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A generous woman gains honor, and ruthless men seize wealth.
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A kind person benefits himself, but a cruel person brings himself trouble.
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The wicked person earns deceitful wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a genuine reward.
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True righteousness leads to life, but the one who pursues evil pursues it to his own death.
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The LORD abhors those who are perverse in heart, but those who are blameless in their ways are his delight.
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Be assured that the evil person will not be unpunished, but the descendants of the righteous have escaped harm.
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Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who rejects discretion.
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The desire of the righteous is only good, but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
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One person is generous and yet grows more wealthy, but another withholds more than he should and comes to poverty.
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A generous person will be enriched, and the one who provides water for others will himself be satisfied.
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People will curse the one who withholds grain, but they will praise the one who sells it.
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The one who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but the one who searches for evil– it will come to him.
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The one who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.
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The one who troubles his family will inherit nothing, and the fool will be a servant to the wise person.
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The fruit of the righteous is like a tree producing life, and the one who wins souls is wise.
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If the righteous are recompensed on earth, how much more the wicked sinner!