| Chapter 11 |
1 | A deceitful balance is an abomination before the Lord: and a just weight is his will. |
2 | Where pride is, there also shall be reproach: but where humility is, there also is wisdom. |
3 | The simplicity of the just shall guide them: and the deceitfulness of the wicked shall destroy them. |
4 | Riches shall not profit in the day of revenge: but justice shall deliver from death. |
5 | The justice of the upright shall make his way prosperous: and the wicked man shall fall by his own wickedness. |
6 | The justice of the righteous shall deliver them: and the unjust shall be caught in their own snares. |
7 | When the wicked man is dead, there shall be no hope any more: and the expectation of the solicitous shall perish. |
8 | The just is delivered out of distress: and the wicked shall be given up for him. |
9 | The dissembler with his mouth deceiveth his friend: but the just shall be delivered by knowledge. |
10 | When it goeth well with the just the city shall rejoice: and when the wicked perish there shall be praise. |
11 | By the blessing of the just the city shall be exalted: and by the mouth of the wicked it shall be overthrown. |
12 | He that despiseth his friend, is mean of heart: but the wise man will hold his peace. |
13 | He that walketh deceitfully, revealeth secrets: but he that is faithful, concealeth the thing committed to him by his friend. |
14 | Where there is no governor, the people shall fall: but there is safety where there is much counsel. |
15 | He shall be afflicted with evil, that is surety for a stranger: but he that is aware of the snares, shall be secure. |
16 | A gracious woman shall find glory: and the strong shall have riches. |
17 | A merciful man doth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel casteth off even his own kindred. |
18 | The wicked maketh an unsteady work: but to him that soweth justice, there is a faithful reward. |
19 | Clemency prepareth life: and the pursuing of evil things, death. |
20 | A perverse heart is abominable to the Lord: and his will is in them that walk sincerely. |
21 | Hand in hand the evil man shall not be innocent: but the seed of the just shall be saved. |
22 | A golden ring in a swine's snout, a woman fair and foolish. |
23 | The desire of the just is all good: the expectation of the wicked is indignation. |
24 | Some distribute their own goods, and grow richer: others take away what is not their own, and are always in want. |
25 | The soul which blesseth, shall be made fat: and he that inebriateth, shall be inebriated also himself. |
26 | He that hideth up corn, shall be cursed among the people: but a blessing upon the head of them that sell. |
27 | Well doth he rise early who seeketh good things; but he that seeketh after evil things shall be oppressed by them. |
28 | He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the just shall spring up as a green leaf. |
29 | He that troubleth his own house, shall inherit the winds: and the fool shall serve the wise. |
30 | The fruit of the just man is a tree of life: and he that gaineth souls, is wise. |
31 | If the just man receive in the earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner. |