< Proverbs 11 >

1 Balances of deceit [are] an abomination to YHWH, And a perfect weight [is] His delight.
balance deceit abomination LORD and stone: weight complete acceptance his
2 Pride has come, and shame comes, And wisdom [is] with the lowly.
to come (in): come arrogance and to come (in): come dishonor and with humble wisdom
3 The integrity of the upright leads them, And the perverseness of the treacherous destroys them.
integrity upright to lead them and crookedness to act treacherously (to ruin them *Q(K)*)
4 Wealth does not profit in a day of wrath, And righteousness delivers from death.
not to gain substance in/on/with day fury and righteousness to rescue from death
5 The righteousness of the perfect makes his way right, And by his wickedness the wicked fall.
righteousness unblemished: blameless to smooth way: conduct his and in/on/with wickedness his to fall: fall wicked
6 The righteousness of the upright delivers them, And in mischief the treacherous are captured.
righteousness upright to rescue them and in/on/with desire to act treacherously to capture
7 In the death of a wicked man, hope perishes, And the expectation of the iniquitous has been lost.
in/on/with death man wicked to perish hope and hope strength to perish
8 The righteous is drawn out from distress, And the wicked goes in instead of him.
righteous from distress to rescue and to come (in): come wicked underneath: instead him
9 A hypocrite corrupts his friend with the mouth, And the righteous are drawn out by knowledge.
in/on/with lip profane to ruin neighbor his and in/on/with knowledge righteous to rescue
10 A city exults in the good of the righteous, And in the destruction of the wicked [is] singing.
in/on/with goodness righteous to rejoice town and in/on/with to perish wicked cry
11 By the blessing of the upright is a city exalted, And by the mouth of the wicked thrown down.
in/on/with blessing upright to exalt town and in/on/with lip wicked to overthrow
12 Whoever is despising his neighbor lacks heart, And a man of understanding keeps silence.
to despise to/for neighbor his lacking heart and man understanding be quiet
13 A busybody is revealing secret counsel, And the faithful of spirit is covering the matter.
to go: went slander to reveal: reveal counsel and be faithful spirit to cover word: thing
14 Without counsels a people falls, And deliverance [is] in a multitude of counselors.
in/on/with nothing counsel to fall: fall people and deliverance: victory in/on/with abundance to advise
15 An evil [one] suffers when he has been guarantor [for] a stranger, And whoever hates striking hands [in agreement] is confident.
bad: evil be evil for to pledge be a stranger and to hate to blow to trust
16 A gracious woman retains honor, And terrible [men] retain riches.
woman favor to grasp glory and ruthless to grasp riches
17 A kind man is rewarding his own soul, And the fierce is troubling his own flesh.
to wean soul: myself his man kindness and to trouble flesh his cruel
18 The wicked is getting a lying wage, And whoever is sowing righteousness—a true reward.
wicked to make: do wages deception and to sow righteousness hire truth: certain
19 Correctly [is] righteousness for life, And whoever is pursuing evil—for his own death.
right righteousness to/for life and to pursue distress: evil to/for death his
20 The perverse of heart are an abomination to YHWH, And the perfect of the way [are] His delight.
abomination LORD twisted heart and acceptance his unblemished: blameless way: conduct
21 Hand to hand, the wicked is not acquitted, And the seed of the righteous has escaped.
hand: to to/for hand: certainly not to clear bad: evil and seed: children righteous to escape
22 A ring of gold in the nose of a sow—A beautiful woman and stubborn of behavior.
ring gold in/on/with face: nose swine woman beautiful and to turn aside: remove taste
23 The desire of the righteous [is] only good, The hope of the wicked [is] transgression.
desire righteous surely good hope wicked fury
24 There is [one] who is scattering, and yet is increased, And [one] who is keeping back from uprightness, only to want.
there to scatter and to add still and to withhold from uprightness surely to/for need
25 A liberal soul is made fat, And whoever is watering, he also is watered.
soul: myself blessing to prosper and to quench also he/she/it to shoot
26 Whoever is withholding grain, the people execrate him, And a blessing [is] for the head of him who is selling.
to withhold grain to curse him people and blessing to/for head to buy grain
27 Whoever is earnestly seeking good Seeks a pleasing thing, And whoever is seeking evil—it meets him.
to seek good to seek acceptance and to seek distress: evil to come (in): come him
28 Whoever is confident in his wealth falls, And as a leaf, the righteous flourish.
to trust in/on/with riches his he/she/it to fall: fall and like/as leaf righteous to sprout
29 Whoever is troubling his own house inherits wind, And the fool [is] a servant to the wise of heart.
to trouble house: household his to inherit spirit: breath and servant/slave fool(ish) to/for wise heart
30 The fruit of the righteous [is] a tree of life, And whoever is taking souls [is] wise.
fruit righteous tree life and to take: take soul wise
31 Behold, the righteous is repaid in the earth, Surely also the wicked and the sinner!
look! righteous in/on/with land: country/planet to complete also for wicked and to sin

< Proverbs 11 >