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Proverbs 11
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A false scale is an abomination to YHWH, But a perfect weight is His delight.
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Pride comes, then comes shame; But with the humble is wisdom.
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The integrity of the straight ones guides them, But the slipperiness of the treacherous destroys them.
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Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, But righteousness delivers from death.
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The righteousness of the perfect Makes his way straight, But by his own wrongness the wrong one falls.
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The righteousness of the straight ones delivers them, But the treacherous are caught by greed.
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When a wrong man dies, expectancy perishes, And the ambition of the wicked shall be lost.
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The righteous is delivered from distress, And the wrong one takes his place.
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The defiled one destroys his neighbour with his mouth, But the righteous is delivered by knowledge.
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When the righteous prosper, the city rejoices. And when the wrong perish, there is shouting.
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By the blessing of the straight the city is exalted, But by the mouth of the wrong it is overthrown.
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He who lacks heart despises his neighbour, But a man of understanding keeps silence.
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A slanderer is a revealer of secrets, But one with a trustworthy spirit conceals a matter.
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Without guidance the people fall, But in a great counsellor there is safety.
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He who is guarantor for a stranger suffers harm, But one who hates shaking hands in pledge is safe.
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A woman showing favour obtains esteem, But ruthless men obtain riches.
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A kind man is rewarding his being, But he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.
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The wrong one earns false wages, But the one sowing righteousness, a true reward.
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Thus righteousness leads to life, And one pursuing evil, to his own death.
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The perverse of heart are an abomination to YHWH, But the perfect in the Way are His delight.
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Hand to hand, the evil one does not go unpunished, But the seed of the righteous shall escape.
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Like a ring of gold in a pig's snout, Is a lovely woman who lacks good sense.
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The desire of the righteous is only good, The expectancy of the wrong is wrath.
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There is one who scatters, yet increases more. And one who withholds more than is right, But it comes to poverty.
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The generous being is enriched, And he who waters is also watered himself.
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The people curse him who withholds grain, But blessing is on the head of him who sells it.
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He who earnestly seeks good, Seeks what is pleasing; But to him who seeks evil, It comes to him.
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He who trusts in his riches falls, But the righteous flourish like a leaf.
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He who troubles his own house inherits wind, And the fool is servant to the wise of heart.
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The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, And he who is winning lives is wise.
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See, the righteous in the earth shall be rewarded, How much more the wrong and the sinner!
Proverbs 11
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