Proverbs 11
1 Balances of deceit [are] an abomination to YHWH, And a perfect weight [is] His delight.
| מֹאזְנֵי מִרְמָה תּוֹעֲבַת יְהֹוָה וְאֶבֶן שְׁלֵמָה רְצוֹנֽוֹ׃ |
2 Pride has come, and shame comes, And wisdom [is] with the lowly.
| בָּֽא־זָדוֹן וַיָּבֹא קָלוֹן וְֽאֶת־צְנוּעִים חׇכְמָֽה׃ |
3 The integrity of the upright leads them, And the perverseness of the treacherous destroys them.
| תֻּמַּת יְשָׁרִים תַּנְחֵם וְסֶלֶף בֹּגְדִים (ושדם) [יְשָׁדֵּֽם]׃ |
4 Wealth does not profit in a day of wrath, And righteousness delivers from death.
| לֹא־יוֹעִיל הוֹן בְּיוֹם עֶבְרָה וּצְדָקָה תַּצִּיל מִמָּֽוֶת׃ |
5 The righteousness of the perfect makes his way right, And by his wickedness the wicked fall.
| צִדְקַת תָּמִים תְּיַשֵּׁר דַּרְכּוֹ וּבְרִשְׁעָתוֹ יִפֹּל רָשָֽׁע׃ |
6 The righteousness of the upright delivers them, And in mischief the treacherous are captured.
| צִדְקַת יְשָׁרִים תַּצִּילֵם וּבְהַוַּת בֹּגְדִים יִלָּכֵֽדוּ׃ |
7 In the death of a wicked man, hope perishes, And the expectation of the iniquitous has been lost.
| בְּמוֹת אָדָם רָשָׁע תֹּאבַד תִּקְוָה וְתוֹחֶלֶת אוֹנִים אָבָֽדָה׃ |
8 The righteous is drawn out from distress, And the wicked goes in instead of him.
| צַדִּיק מִצָּרָה נֶחֱלָץ וַיָּבֹא רָשָׁע תַּחְתָּֽיו׃ |
9 A hypocrite corrupts his friend with the mouth, And the righteous are drawn out by knowledge.
| בְּפֶה חָנֵף יַשְׁחִת רֵעֵהוּ וּבְדַעַת צַדִּיקִים יֵחָלֵֽצוּ׃ |
10 A city exults in the good of the righteous, And in the destruction of the wicked [is] singing.
| בְּטוּב צַדִּיקִים תַּעֲלֹץ קִרְיָה וּבַאֲבֹד רְשָׁעִים רִנָּֽה׃ |
11 By the blessing of the upright is a city exalted, And by the mouth of the wicked thrown down.
| בְּבִרְכַּת יְשָׁרִים תָּרוּם קָרֶת וּבְפִי רְשָׁעִים תֵּהָרֵֽס׃ |
12 Whoever is despising his neighbor lacks heart, And a man of understanding keeps silence.
| בׇּז־לְרֵעֵהוּ חֲסַר־לֵב וְאִישׁ תְּבוּנוֹת יַחֲרִֽישׁ׃ |
13 A busybody is revealing secret counsel, And the faithful of spirit is covering the matter.
| הוֹלֵךְ רָכִיל מְגַלֶּה־סּוֹד וְנֶאֱמַן־רוּחַ מְכַסֶּה דָבָֽר׃ |
14 Without counsels a people falls, And deliverance [is] in a multitude of counselors.
| בְּאֵין תַּחְבֻּלוֹת יִפׇּל־עָם וּתְשׁוּעָה בְּרֹב יוֹעֵֽץ׃ |
15 An evil [one] suffers when he has been guarantor [for] a stranger, And whoever hates striking hands [in agreement] is confident.
| רַע־יֵרוֹעַ כִּי־עָרַב זָר וְשֹׂנֵא תֹקְעִים בּוֹטֵֽחַ׃ |
16 A gracious woman retains honor, And terrible [men] retain riches.
| אֵֽשֶׁת־חֵן תִּתְמֹךְ כָּבוֹד וְעָרִיצִים יִתְמְכוּ־עֹֽשֶׁר׃ |
17 A kind man is rewarding his own soul, And the fierce is troubling his own flesh.
| גֹּמֵל נַפְשׁוֹ אִישׁ חָסֶד וְעֹכֵר שְׁאֵרוֹ אַכְזָרִֽי׃ |
18 The wicked is getting a lying wage, And whoever is sowing righteousness—a true reward.
| רָשָׁע עֹשֶׂה פְעֻלַּת־שָׁקֶר וְזֹרֵעַ צְדָקָה שֶׂכֶר אֱמֶֽת׃ |
19 Correctly [is] righteousness for life, And whoever is pursuing evil—for his own death.
| כֵּן־צְדָקָה לְחַיִּים וּמְרַדֵּף רָעָה לְמוֹתֽוֹ׃ |
20 The perverse of heart are an abomination to YHWH, And the perfect of the way [are] His delight.
| תּוֹעֲבַת יְהֹוָה עִקְּשֵׁי־לֵב וּרְצוֹנוֹ תְּמִימֵי דָֽרֶךְ׃ |
21 Hand to hand, the wicked is not acquitted, And the seed of the righteous has escaped.
| יָד לְיָד לֹא־יִנָּקֶה רָּע וְזֶרַע צַדִּיקִים נִמְלָֽט׃ |
22 A ring of gold in the nose of a sow—A beautiful woman and stubborn of behavior.
| נֶזֶם זָהָב בְּאַף חֲזִיר אִשָּׁה יָפָה וְסָרַת טָֽעַם׃ |
23 The desire of the righteous [is] only good, The hope of the wicked [is] transgression.
| תַּאֲוַת צַדִּיקִים אַךְ־טוֹב תִּקְוַת רְשָׁעִים עֶבְרָֽה׃ |
24 There is [one] who is scattering, and yet is increased, And [one] who is keeping back from uprightness, only to want.
| יֵשׁ מְפַזֵּר וְנוֹסָף עוֹד וְחֹשֵׂךְ מִיֹּשֶׁר אַךְ־לְמַחְסֽוֹר׃ |
25 A liberal soul is made fat, And whoever is watering, he also is watered.
| נֶֽפֶשׁ־בְּרָכָה תְדֻשָּׁן וּמַרְוֶה גַּם־הוּא יוֹרֶֽא׃ |
26 Whoever is withholding grain, the people execrate him, And a blessing [is] for the head of him who is selling.
| מֹנֵֽעַ בָּר יִקְּבֻהוּ לְאוֹם וּבְרָכָה לְרֹאשׁ מַשְׁבִּֽיר׃ |
27 Whoever is earnestly seeking good Seeks a pleasing thing, And whoever is seeking evil—it meets him.
| שֹׁחֵֽר טוֹב יְבַקֵּשׁ רָצוֹן וְדֹרֵשׁ רָעָה תְבוֹאֶֽנּוּ׃ |
28 Whoever is confident in his wealth falls, And as a leaf, the righteous flourish.
| בּוֹטֵחַ בְּעׇשְׁרוֹ הוּא יִפּוֹל וְכֶעָלֶה צַדִּיקִים יִפְרָֽחוּ׃ |
29 Whoever is troubling his own house inherits wind, And the fool [is] a servant to the wise of heart.
| עֹכֵר בֵּיתוֹ יִנְחַל־רוּחַ וְעֶבֶד אֱוִיל לַֽחֲכַם־לֵֽב׃ |
30 The fruit of the righteous [is] a tree of life, And whoever is taking souls [is] wise.
| פְּֽרִי־צַדִּיק עֵץ חַיִּים וְלֹקֵחַ נְפָשׁוֹת חָכָֽם׃ |
31 Behold, the righteous is repaid in the earth, Surely also the wicked and the sinner!
| הֵן צַדִּיק בָּאָרֶץ יְשֻׁלָּם אַף כִּֽי־רָשָׁע וְחוֹטֵֽא׃ |
